Horry County Board of Education

7 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year · typical meeting 1 h 18 min · 48,205 students · 12 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Horry County board told enrollment is down against forecast Play 41:22
Next · Monday, November 2, 2026: 6:00 PM · HCS District Office, Board Room (335 Four Mile Road, Conway, SC 29526) · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: David Cox, Board Chairman · Pam Dawson, Board member · Debbie Edmonds, Board member · James Edwards, Board member · Janet Graham, Board member · Wendy Hodges, Board member · Neil James, Board member · David Koch, Board member · Darrell Ricketts, Board member · Matthew Robinson, Board member · Melanie Wellons, Vice-Chair · Tracy Winters, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Work session · 1 h 07 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Horry County board told enrollment is down against forecastSpeakers: Melanie Wellons, David Koch, Debbie Edmonds, Tracy Winters and 2 more

Play 41:22

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minMonday, August 24, 2026Horry County school board hears updates on summer facilities work and academicsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Melanie Wellons, David Koch, Debbie Edmonds, Wendy Hodges and 2 more

Play 4:14

Work session · 2 h 00 minMonday, August 10, 2026Horry County Schools staff say student meals will be provided at no costSpeakers: Melanie Wellons, David Koch, Debbie Edmonds, Tracy Winters and 2 more

Play 1:32:06

Work session · 1 h 21 minMonday, May 4, 2026Speakers: David Koch, Debbie Edmonds, Tracy Winters, Wendy Hodges and 2 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Feb 23, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat5 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 81% of members’ speaking time named (44%–82%)

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

David CoxBoard Chairman · 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

Neil JamesBoard member · District 10 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.3min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Darrell RickettsBoard member · District 11 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

David KochBoard member · District 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.9min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Debbie EdmondsBoard member · District 2 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.2min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Tracy WintersBoard member · District 3 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Wendy HodgesBoard member · District 4 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.2min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Matthew RobinsonBoard member · District 5 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Pam DawsonBoard member · District 6 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Janet GrahamBoard member · District 7 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.9min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Melanie WellonsVice-Chair · District 8 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

James EdwardsBoard member · District 9 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions 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

Next meetingMonday, November 2, 20266:00 PM · HCS District Office, Board Room (335 Four Mile Road, Conway, SC 29526)Board Work SessionThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 7 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%0%–33%

Public comment6%0%–15%

Safety and discipline4%0%–9%

Ceremony and recognition4%1%–7%

The two readers didn’t agree on 25% 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 7 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 24, 2026, heard from 4.

4 on Aug 24, 20264 speakers2 speakers1.2 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4502490 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district