Hawthorne Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 12 min · 2,207 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Hawthorne board president and superintendent present 2026-2027 board and district goals Play 9:33
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Marco Totaro, President · Joseph Carr, Trustee · Alex Clavijo, Trustee · Jen Ehrentraut, Trustee · Abigail Goff, Trustee · Erica Mulkey-Koltzan, Vice President · Anthony Puluse, Trustee · Lisa Spohn, Trustee

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 19 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Hawthorne board president and superintendent present 2026-2027 board and district goalsAI in schoolsPhones in schoolSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Erica Mulkey-Koltzan, Alex Clavijo, Abigail Goff, Anthony Puluse and 1 more

Play 9:33

Board meeting · 55 minTuesday, August 18, 2026Hawthorne board hears bell-to-bell plans and dual enrollment offerings for 26-27AI in schoolsSpeakers: Erica Mulkey-Koltzan, Alex Clavijo, Jen Ehrentraut, Abigail Goff and 1 more

Play 14:54

Board meeting · 52 minTuesday, July 21, 2026Chronic absenteeismPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Erica Mulkey-Koltzan, Alex Clavijo, Lisa Spohn, Jen Ehrentraut and 2 more

Watch

Board meeting · 31 minTuesday, June 23, 2026Speakers: Erica Mulkey-Koltzan, Alex Clavijo, Lisa Spohn, Jen Ehrentraut and 2 more

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Feb 17, 2026 – Sep 15, 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

Marco TotaroPresident · 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

Erica Mulkey-KoltzanVice President · runs the meeting, not ranked2.4min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Joseph CarrTrustee · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.4min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Alex ClavijoTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.2min, at least7 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Jen EhrentrautTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.1min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Abigail GoffTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.2min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Anthony PuluseTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Lisa SpohnTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least3 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Gisselle VegaTrustee · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.3min, at least4 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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

On the map · Phones in school

July 21, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 2 of its meetings.

Watch the film Open the meeting

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance8%3%–15%

Ceremony and recognition5%1%–11%

Public comment5%1%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–19%

The two readers didn’t agree on 31% 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; 5 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker1 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	Sep 15	Aug 18	Jul 21	Jun 23	Jun 9	Mar 24	Feb 17
Jen Ehrentraut	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Anthony Puluse	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Alex Clavijo	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Gisselle Vega	Present	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Marco Totaro	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Erica Mulkey-Koltzan	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Joseph Carr	Present	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Lisa Spohn	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Abigail Goff	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3406990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district