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Lakeland School System District Board of Education

16 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 52 min · 2,339 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 5, 2026
Lakeland board approves resolution opposing mandatory universal open enrollment legislationPlay 14:52
Newest meeting we have
Oct 5, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Laura Harrison, Chair · Keith Acton, Board member · Jeremy Burnett, Vice-Chair · Deborah Thomas, Board member

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 · 28 minMonday, October 5, 2026Lakeland board approves resolution opposing mandatory universal open enrollment legislationSpeakers: Jeremy Burnett, Keith Acton, Michelle Childs, Deborah Thomas
Play 14:52
Board meeting · 1 h 29 minMonday, September 14, 2026Lakeland board approves up to $95,000 for boardroom audio-video systemSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Laura Harrison, Jeremy Burnett, Keith Acton, Michelle Childs
Play 1:21:22
Board meeting · 1 h 02 minMonday, August 10, 2026Lakeland board approves superintendent contract with 4-year term and 4% pay increaseReading and test scoresSpeakers: Laura Harrison, Jeremy Burnett, Deborah Thomas
Play 26:39
Board meeting · 1 h 14 minMonday, July 13, 2026Speakers: Michelle Childs
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Feb 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 54% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.
Coverage: about 54% of members’ speaking time named (40%–62%)

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
Laura HarrisonChair · runs the meeting, not rankedShare1.7min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Keith ActonBoard member · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Jeremy BurnettVice-ChairShare1.7min, at least6 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Michelle ChildsBoard memberShare2.4min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Deborah ThomasBoard member · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.6min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions 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 16 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition11%4%–22%
Budget and finance1%0%–4%
Safety and discipline1%0%–4%
Public comment0%0%–23%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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 16 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 0 had at least one.

    1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 9 of the 16 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 5Sep 14Aug 10Jul 13Jun 1May 11Apr 6Mar 2Feb 2
    Jeremy BurnettPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresent
    Michelle ChildsPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Deborah ThomasPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot shownPresent
    Laura HarrisonPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Keith ActonNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4700154 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district