Independence 30 School District Board of Education

8 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 50 min · 14,168 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Independence school board approves bond resolutions and 2026-2027 transportation routes Play 25:18
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Anthony J. Mondaine, President · Wendy Baird, Vice President · Carrie Dixon, Director · Justin Durham, Director · Brandi Pruente, Treasurer · Sarah Wimberley, Director

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 · 45 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Independence school board approves bond resolutions and 2026-2027 transportation routesSpeakers: Anthony J. Mondaine, Wendy Baird, Brandi Pruente

Play 25:18

Public hearing · 52 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Anthony J. Mondaine, Jill Esry

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Special meeting · 48 minMonday, June 22, 2026Independence school board reviews budget, fund balance projections at work sessionBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSpeakers: Jill Esry

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Board meeting · 1 h 23 minTuesday, June 9, 2026Speakers: Wendy Baird, Jill Esry, Sarah Wimberley

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 8 board meetings, Feb 18, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 23% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 23% of members’ speaking time named (14%–46%)

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

Anthony J. MondainePresident · runs the meeting, not ranked5.0min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Wendy BairdVice President · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.0min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Carrie DixonDirector · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 84.1min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Justin DurhamDirector · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Jill EsryDirector · We could name only 2% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Brandi PruenteTreasurer · We could name only 3% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Sarah WimberleyDirector · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions 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 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance28%14%–46%

Ceremony and recognition5%0%–13%

Safety and discipline3%0%–8%

Public comment0%0%–26%

The two readers didn’t agree on 14% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 0 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 2915480 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district