Hall County board

13 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 12 with unconfirmed dates · 27,245 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 5, 2026: Hall County school board hears update on state-required unified literacy plan Play 8:06
Next · Monday, November 9, 2026: 5:00 PM · HCSD Conference Room · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Oct 5, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Craig Herrington, Chairman · Beau Sheppard, Board Member · Brian Sloan, Board Member · Debra Smith, Board Member · Bill Thompson, Vice Chairman

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 22 minMonday, October 5, 2026Hall County school board hears update on state-required unified literacy planReading and test scores

Play 8:06

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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingCraig HerringtonChairman · Post 3 — West Hall & Chestatee District · 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 nameBeau SheppardBoard Member · Post 4 — North Hall District3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Brian SloanBoard Member · Post 2 — South Hall District4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Debra SmithBoard Member · Post 1 — East Hall District8meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 8 meetings Bill ThompsonVice Chairman · Post 5 — County-at-Large—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

Next meetingMonday, November 9, 20265:00 PM · HCSD Conference RoomWork SessionThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 13 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance20%12%–28%

Ceremony and recognition12%6%–21%

Safety and discipline6%0%–14%

Public comment5%2%–9%

The two readers didn’t agree on 16% 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 13 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 8 had at least one.

Federal district ID 1302610 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district