Greater Albany Public SD 8J board

10 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · 8,946 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Greater Albany board approves policy on immigration enforcement on district property Play 2:24:34
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Ryan Mattingly, Board Chair · Stephanie Lunceford, Board member · Kris McLaughlin, Board member · Sean Taylor, Board member · Brad Wilson, Board Vice Chair

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 2 h 41 minMonday, September 14, 2026Greater Albany board approves policy on immigration enforcement on district propertyChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Stephanie Lunceford

Board meeting · 1 h 53 minMonday, August 17, 2026Greater Albany board approves '26-'27 school calendar and governance calendarChronic absenteeismEnrollmentReading and test scoresSpeakers: Brad Wilson, Kris McLaughlin, Stephanie Lunceford

Work session · 53 minMonday, May 18, 2026Enrollment

Board meeting · 2 h 09 minMonday, March 9, 2026Chronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scores

The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingRyan MattinglyBoard Chair · At-Large No. 1 · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by nameStephanie LuncefordBoard member · Zone 22meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Kris McLaughlinBoard member · At-Large No. 21meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Sean TaylorBoard member · Zone 3—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Brad WilsonBoard Vice Chair · Zone 11meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting

Meetings on our record

All 10 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance14%5%–24%

Public comment2%1%–5%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 19% 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 7; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 17, 2026, heard from 4.

4 on Aug 17, 20264 speakers2 speakers1.4 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4101120 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district