Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees

12 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 49 min · 13,575 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026: Board sends graduation and facility-use policy revisions out for 45-day public comment Play 9:02
Newest meeting we have: Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Alicia Smith, Chairman · Brittany Ashby, Treasurer · Marilyn Burden, Assistant Treasurer · Barbara Cook, Trustee · Rene Hinkle, Assistant Clerk · Brooke Humphrey, Clerk · Christy Klaassen, Vice Chairman

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

Special meeting · 1 h 20 minMonday, September 28, 2026Board sends graduation and facility-use policy revisions out for 45-day public commentSpeakers: Marilyn Burden, Brooke Humphrey, Christy Klaassen, Rene Hinkle and 1 more

Play 9:02

Board meeting · 46 minMonday, September 14, 2026Laramie County trustees hear Trades Academy update and approve consent agendaAI in schoolsSpeakers: Marilyn Burden, Christy Klaassen, Rene Hinkle

Play 32:55

Board meeting · 43 minMonday, August 17, 2026Board adopts policy changes after amending equipment checkout language on 3-2 voteSpeakers: Christy Klaassen, Rene Hinkle, Brittany Ashby, Barbara Cook

Play 35:30

Board meeting · 17 minMonday, August 3, 2026Speakers: Brittany Ashby

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Dec 1, 2025 – Sep 28, 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

Alicia SmithChairman · At-large · runs the meeting, not ranked2.5min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Marilyn BurdenAssistant Treasurer · Area 1 – South Triad0.7min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Brooke HumphreyClerk · Area 2 – East Triad · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.6min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Christy KlaassenVice Chairman · Area 3 – Central Triad2.8min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Brittany AshbyTreasurer · At-large0.7min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Barbara CookTrustee · At-large · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Rene HinkleAssistant Clerk · At-large1.1min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions 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 12 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition14%6%–25%

Budget and finance8%0%–20%

Public comment3%0%–8%

Safety and discipline2%0%–8%

The two readers didn’t agree on 23% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 6, 2026, heard from 4.

4 on Apr 6, 20264 speakers2 speakers0.8 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 12 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 28	Sep 14	Aug 17	Aug 3	Jun 15	Jun 1	Apr 6	Jan 26	Dec 1

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 5601980 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district