Lee's Summit R-VII School District Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 1 h 23 min · 17,797 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 29, 2026: Lee's Summit staff recommends 5.4208 total tax levy at board work session Play 0:40
Next · Thursday, November 5, 2026: 5:30 PM · Board Room · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 29, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Stacie Myers, President · Michelle Dawson, Board Member · Bill Haley, Board Member · Kamile Johnson, Board Member · Erica Miller, Vice President · Nicky Nickens, Board Member · Rodrick Sparks, 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

Work session · 1 h 07 minTuesday, September 29, 2026Lee's Summit staff recommends 5.4208 total tax levy at board work sessionBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Stacie Myers, Erica Miller, Kamile Johnson, Bill Haley and 2 more

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Work session · 1 h 56 minThursday, September 3, 2026School board reviews 2026 operating tax ceiling of 4.7532 at budget work sessionBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSpeakers: Stacie Myers, Erica Miller, Kamile Johnson, Bill Haley and 2 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 43 minThursday, August 20, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Stacie Myers, Erica Miller, Kamile Johnson, Bill Haley and 2 more

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Work session · 45 minThursday, July 30, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Kamile Johnson, Bill Haley, Michelle Dawson, Rodrick Sparks

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, May 21, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat6 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 93% of members’ speaking time named (65%–98%)

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

Stacie MyersPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked7.4min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Michelle DawsonBoard Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 87.2min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Bill HaleyBoard Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.3min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kamile JohnsonBoard Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.8min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Erica MillerVice President · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.9min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Nicky NickensBoard Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.7min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Rodrick SparksBoard Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 86.7min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked6.8questions 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 meetingThursday, November 5, 20265:30 PM · Board RoomBoard Work Session - Nov 05 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 6 meetings on our record

Clips

What Rodrick Sparks said on Sep 29, 2026

Who is the majority, what is the majority party that's responsible to fund public education right now in LSR7?Rodrick SparksBoard Member · Lee's Summit R-VII School District Board of Education · Sep 29, 2026Watch the full meeting from 11:50

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance65%44%–87%

Public comment3%0%–8%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 12% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 20, 2026, heard from 5.

5 on Aug 20, 20265 speakers3 speakers0.8 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 2918300 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district