McCreary County board

8 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · 2,727 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 11, 2026: Board discusses keeping tax rates unchanged, revises remote learning position Play 0:24
Newest meeting we have: Aug 11, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Johnny Barnett, Chairman · Braxton King, Board member · Cody Perry, Board member · Andrew Sexton, Board member · Estle Swain, Vice-Chairman

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 20 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Board discusses keeping tax rates unchanged, revises remote learning position

Play 0:24

Board meeting · 11 minTuesday, June 23, 2026School board takes roll-call votes on demolition, wrestling mat bids and agricultural wing dedicationSpeakers: Braxton King

Play 4:46

Special meeting · 20 minThursday, May 14, 2026Board takes up motion to reestablish elementary football with $10,000 for equipment

Play 13:57

Special meeting · 19 minTuesday, February 3, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingJohnny BarnettChairman · District #5 · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by nameBraxton KingBoard member · District #23meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Cody PerryBoard member · District #3—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Andrew SextonBoard member · District #1—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Estle SwainVice-Chairman · District #4—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance15%2%–37%

Ceremony and recognition12%4%–20%

Safety and discipline0%0%–26%

Public comment0%0%–26%

The two readers didn’t agree on 27% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 0 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 4 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 11	Jun 23	May 14	Feb 3
Johnny Barnett	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present
Estle Swain	Present	Present	Present	Present
Andrew Sexton	Present	Present	Present	Present
Braxton King	Present	Present	Present	Present
Cody Perry	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2103990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district