Geneva CUSD 304 Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 27 min · 5,077 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 13, 2026: Geneva school board hears regional office overview and learning and teaching initiatives Play 7:27
Newest meeting we have: Oct 13, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Larry Cabeen, President · Molly Ansari, Board member · Stephanie Bellino, Board member · Dan Choi, Board member · Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes, Vice President · Willard C. Hooks, Jr., Board member · Paul Radlinski, Board member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 34 minTuesday, October 13, 2026Geneva school board hears regional office overview and learning and teaching initiativesReading and test scoresSpeakers: Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes, Dan Choi, Molly Ansari, Paul Radlinski and 2 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 28 minMonday, September 28, 2026Geneva school board approves $2,500,000 and $7,700,000 fund transfersReading and test scoresSpeakers: Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes, Dan Choi, Stephanie Bellino, Willard C. Hooks, Jr.

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Board meeting · 58 minMonday, July 13, 2026Speakers: Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes, Dan Choi, Willard C. Hooks, Jr.

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Board meeting · 1 h 01 minMonday, June 15, 2026AI in schoolsSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes, Dan Choi, Paul Radlinski, Willard C. Hooks, Jr.

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 10 board meetings, Feb 23, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Larry CabeenPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Molly AnsariBoard member0.7min, at least5 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephanie BellinoBoard member1.4min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Dan ChoiBoard member1.1min, at least8 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jacqueline "Jackie" ForbesVice President3.5min, at least10 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Willard C. Hooks, Jr.Board member2.0min, at least8 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Paul RadlinskiBoard member1.0min, at least5 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 11 meetings on our record

Clips

What Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes said on May 26, 2026

Could you talk a little bit about our funding that we're getting in from property taxes? I know earlier we talked a little bit about people who were protesting their assessments and those changes. Could you talk about that, their residential or commercial, or how that's affecting us this year?Jacqueline "Jackie" ForbesVice President · Geneva CUSD 304 Board of Education · May 26, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:05:59

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition15%7%–25%

Budget and finance12%6%–20%

Safety and discipline2%0%–6%

Public comment0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 23% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 3 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 4 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 13	Sep 28	Jul 13	Jun 15	May 26	May 11	Apr 27	Apr 13	Feb 23
Stephanie Bellino	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Jacqueline "Jackie" Forbes	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Willard C. Hooks, Jr.	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Larry Cabeen	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Dan Choi	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Molly Ansari	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Paul Radlinski	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1716380 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district