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Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education

10 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year · typical meeting 1 h 44 min · 10,070 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 8, 2026
Board tables school ceremonies policy, approves master transportation contractPlay 40:02
Newest meeting we have
Oct 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Hank McFarland, Board President · Lisa Albers, Board member · Carlos Barcenas, Board member · Donna Douglass, Board member · Eric Garcia-Mendez, Board member · Tracy Goodman, Board member · Josh Hawley, Board Vice President · Kent Mann, Board member · Amanda Wilson, 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 44 minThursday, October 8, 2026Board tables school ceremonies policy, approves master transportation contractSpeakers: Donna Douglass, Kent Mann, Lisa Albers, Josh Hawley
Play 40:02
Board meeting · 52 minThursday, September 10, 2026Grand Island school board approves staff training requirements resolutionSpeakers: Kent Mann, Lisa Albers, Hank McFarland
Play 24:28
Board meeting · 1 h 35 minThursday, August 13, 2026Grand Island board approves $6,697,700 Gates Elementary addition and renovations bidChronic absenteeismSpeakers: Donna Douglass, Kent Mann, Lisa Albers, Tracy Goodman and 1 more
Play 1:04:33
Board meeting · 2 h 07 minThursday, July 9, 2026Chronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Kent Mann, Lisa Albers, Eric Garcia-Mendez
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Jan 8, 2026 – Oct 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat2 members were seated for fewer than 8 board meetings on our record, leaving 3 to compare; we rank at 4.
Coverage: about 88% of members’ speaking time named (48%–91%)

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
Hank McFarlandBoard President · WARD B · runs the meeting, not rankedShare6.9min, at least6 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Donna DouglassBoard member · WARD A · We could name only 5% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Kent MannBoard member · WARD AShare6.0min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Amanda WilsonBoard member · WARD A · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.2min, at least3 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Lisa AlbersBoard member · WARD BShare2.4min, at least7 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Tracy GoodmanBoard member · WARD B · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.5min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Carlos BarcenasBoard member · WARD C · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.8min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Eric Garcia-MendezBoard member · WARD C · We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.9min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Josh HawleyBoard Vice President · WARD CShare1.3min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.4questions 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 10 meetings on our record
Clips

What Kent Mann said on Aug 13, 2026

We don't have a list of books that we say that they can object to, so we pretty much put the onus back on the parent or the patron.Kent MannBoard member · Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education · Aug 13, 2026Watch the full meeting from 52:58
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition8%4%–14%
Safety and discipline1%0%–4%
Budget and finance1%0%–3%
Public comment0%0%–3%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 22% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 8, 2026, heard from 1.

    1 on Jan 8, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 9 of the 10 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 8Sep 10Aug 13Jul 9Jun 11May 14Mar 16Feb 12Jan 8
    Kent MannPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresentNot recordedNot recorded
    Eric Garcia-MendezNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresent
    Lisa AlbersPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedNot shown
    Hank McFarlandPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Josh HawleyPresentPresentNot shownNot shownPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresent
    Tracy GoodmanNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Donna DouglassPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Amanda WilsonPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Carlos BarcenasPresentNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3100016 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district