Kingsville ISD Board of Trustees

23 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 12 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 3 h 25 min · 2,603 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Board meeting, 3 h 18 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Martin Chapa, School Board Secretary · Brian Coufal, School Board Member · David Garcia, School Board Member · Jacob Perez III, School Board Vice President · Joe Mireles, School Board Member · Delma Salinas, School Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 18 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Speakers: Joe Mireles, David Garcia, Joseph Ruiz, Jacob Perez III

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Board meeting · 3 h 27 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Speakers: Joe Mireles, Brian Coufal, Joseph Ruiz, Jacob Perez III and 1 more

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Work session · 4 h 27 minTuesday, August 4, 2026Speakers: Brian Coufal

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Board meeting · 3 h 27 minTuesday, July 21, 2026Speakers: Joseph Ruiz, Jacob Perez III

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Sep 29, 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

Joseph RuizKISD School Board President · Place 5 · runs the meeting, not ranked5.5min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Joe MirelesSchool Board Member · Place 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Brian CoufalSchool Board Member · Place 2 · We could name only 13% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Martin ChapaSchool Board Secretary · Place 3 · 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

David GarciaSchool Board Member · Place 4 · We could name only 10% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least2 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Jacob Perez IIISchool Board Vice President · Place 61.7min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Delma SalinasSchool Board Member · Place 7 · We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least3 of 12meetings 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 23 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance17%7%–29%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–6%

Public comment2%0%–5%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 20% 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 23 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 16; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 10, 2026, heard from 5.

5 on Mar 10, 20265 speakers3 speakers0.8 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 8 of the 23 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 15	Aug 25	Aug 4	Jul 21	Jul 7	Jun 2	Apr 21	Apr 9	Mar 10	Nov 21	Nov 12
Joseph Ruiz	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Joe Mireles	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Brian Coufal	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Martin Chapa	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
David Garcia	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present
Jacob Perez III	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Delma Salinas	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4825680 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district