Livonia Public Schools Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 13,145 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026: Livonia school board adopts technology policy covering artificial intelligence use Play 1:07:12
Newest meeting we have: Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Colleen Burton, Board President · Madeline Acosta, Board member · Karen M. Bradford, Board member · Crystal Frank, Board Vice President · Liz Jarvis, Board member · Mark Johnson, Board member · Dave MacFarland, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 18 minMonday, September 28, 2026Livonia school board adopts technology policy covering artificial intelligence useAI in schoolsSpeakers: Colleen Burton, Madeline Acosta, Karen M. Bradford, Liz Jarvis and 2 more

Play 1:07:12

Board meeting · 54 minMonday, August 31, 2026Livonia board approves incoming superintendent contract effective January 1st, 2027AI in schoolsSpeakers: Colleen Burton, Crystal Frank, Madeline Acosta, Karen M. Bradford and 2 more

Play 41:47

Special meeting · 37 minMonday, July 27, 2026Speakers: Colleen Burton, Karen M. Bradford, Mark Johnson, Dave MacFarland

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Public hearing · 1 h 33 minMonday, June 15, 2026Speakers: Colleen Burton, Crystal Frank, Madeline Acosta, Karen M. Bradford and 2 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, May 26, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat5 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 97% of members’ speaking time named (80%–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

Colleen BurtonBoard President · runs the meeting, not ranked20.4min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Madeline AcostaBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Karen M. BradfordBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.4min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Crystal FrankBoard Vice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.4min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Liz JarvisBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.1min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Mark JohnsonBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.1min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Dave MacFarlandBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.6min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition18%6%–28%

Budget and finance8%0%–19%

Public comment1%0%–3%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 26% 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; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 31, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Aug 31, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 5 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 28	Aug 31	Jul 27	Jun 15	May 26
Mark Johnson	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Madeline Acosta	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Karen M. Bradford	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Liz Jarvis	Present	Not shown	Present	Present	Present
Colleen Burton	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Crystal Frank	Not shown	Present	Present	Present	Present
Dave MacFarland	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2621840 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district