Madison County Board of Education

19 meetings on our record, 13 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 39 min · 20,639 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 2, 2026: Special meeting, 10 min
Newest meeting we have: Oct 2, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Wes Jones, Board member · Heath Jones, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 10 minFriday, October 2, 2026

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Board meeting · 1 h 05 minMonday, September 14, 2026Madison County school board holds second public budget hearing for fiscal year 2027Chronic absenteeismSpeakers: William Byrd

Play 30:56

Board meeting · 33 minThursday, August 20, 2026Madison County school board weighs tennis court quote for four high schoolsSpeakers: Wes Jones, Brian Brooks, Heath Jones, William Byrd

Play 17:14

Board meetingMonday, August 10, 2026Speakers: Brian Brooks, Heath Jones, William Byrd

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Dec 11, 2025 – Oct 2, 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

David VessPresident · District 1 · runs the meeting, not ranked0.0min, at least0 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Wes JonesBoard member · District 20.5min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Brian BrooksBoard member · District 30.9min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Heath JonesBoard member · District 40.4min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

William ByrdVice President · District 51.6min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions 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 19 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition20%9%–32%

Budget and finance9%1%–21%

Public comment3%0%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–3%

The two readers didn’t agree on 21% 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 19 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 14; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Feb 19, 2026, heard from 4.

4 on Feb 19, 20264 speakers2 speakers0.4 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 19 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 2	Sep 14	Aug 20	Aug 10	Jul 28	Jun 11	Apr 23	Apr 10	Mar 12	Feb 19	Jan 15	Dec 11	Nov 7
Wes Jones	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0102220 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district