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Los Angeles Unified Board of Education

39 meetings on our record, 27 of them from the past year · typical meeting 4 h 08 min · 419,929 students · 7 members on our roster · The city of Los Angeles

Latest · Sep 29, 2026
Los Angeles Unified safety committee hears district update and two school presentationsPlay 0:03
Next · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
10:00 AM · Board Room · Agenda ↗
Newest meeting we have
Sep 29, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Scott Schmerelson, Board President · Kelly Gonez, Board Member · Karla Griego, Board Member · Nick Melvoin, Board Member · Sherlett Hendy Newbill, Board Member · Rocio Rivas, Board Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Committee meeting · 2 h 06 minTuesday, September 29, 2026Los Angeles Unified safety committee hears district update and two school presentationsSpeakers: Sherlett Hendy Newbill, Karla Griego, Tanya Ortiz Franklin
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Special meeting · 7 h 00 minWednesday, September 23, 2026Los Angeles Unified board holds governance workshop to begin drafting a handbookEnrollmentSpeakers: Scott Schmerelson, Rocio Rivas, Sherlett Hendy Newbill, Nick Melvoin and 2 more
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Board meetingTuesday, September 15, 2026Los Angeles Unified board approves bond funds for 50 electric school busesSchool closuresBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSafety, weapons and policeVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Scott Schmerelson, Rocio Rivas, Sherlett Hendy Newbill, Nick Melvoin and 2 more
Play 1:30:06
Board meeting · 3 h 41 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Los Angeles Unified board holds public hearing on charter school petitionsChronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Scott Schmerelson, Rocio Rivas, Sherlett Hendy Newbill, Karla Griego and 1 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 24 board meetings, Nov 4, 2025 – Sep 23, 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 53% of members’ speaking time named (36%–76%)

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
Scott SchmerelsonBoard President · Board District 3 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare4.1min, at least14 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Sherlett Hendy NewbillBoard Member · Board District 1Share6.3min, at least21 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked7.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Rocio RivasBoard Vice President · Board District 2Share10.8min, at least18 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Nick MelvoinBoard Member · Board District 4Share10.3min, at least18 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Karla GriegoBoard Member · Board District 5Share8.6min, at least20 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked10.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Kelly GonezBoard Member · Board District 6Share6.1min, at least18 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Tanya Ortiz FranklinBoard Member · Board District 7Share4.7min, at least18 of 24meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.2questions 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

Every meeting
Next meetingTuesday, November 10, 202610:00 AM · Board RoomBoard of EducationRead the agenda ↗The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29
All 39 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance19%12%–26%
Public comment10%9%–13%
Ceremony and recognition2%1%–4%
Safety and discipline1%0%–3%

    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 39 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 24; 24 had at least one. The busiest, on Dec 16, 2025, heard from 70.

    70 on Dec 16, 202570 speakers35 speakers30.9 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 21 of the 39 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 29Sep 23Sep 15Aug 25Aug 19Jun 23Jun 16Jun 12May 21May 12Apr 23Apr 21Apr 13Apr 10Mar 24Mar 10Mar 2Feb 26Feb 17Jan 27Dec 16Nov 20Nov 18Nov 17Nov 3
    Karla GriegoNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot shownPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Kelly GonezNot recordedNot recordedNot shownPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot shownNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Nick MelvoinNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Rocio RivasNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Scott SchmerelsonNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Sherlett Hendy NewbillNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Tanya Ortiz FranklinNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0622710 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting dates and agenda times from the district clerk