School Board of Miami-Dade County

63 meetings on our record, 9 of them from the past year and 25 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 7 h 06 min · 335,500 students · 8 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 5, 2026: Board member proposes policy on revenue from Miami-Dade school district property Play 2:19:48
Newest meeting we have: Aug 5, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Mari Tere Rojas, Chair · Roberto J. Alonso, Board member · Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Board member · Mary Blanco, Board member · Monica Colucci, Vice Chair · Danny Espino, Board member · Joseph S. Geller, Board member · Luisa Santos, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 2 h 57 minWednesday, August 5, 2026Board member proposes policy on revenue from Miami-Dade school district propertySpeakers: Mari Tere Rojas, Monica Colucci, Roberto J. Alonso, Danny Espino and 1 more

Play 2:19:48

Board meeting · 9 h 17 minWednesday, June 17, 2026School closuresEnrollmentVouchers and school choice

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Work session · 8 h 48 minWednesday, June 10, 2026Chronic absenteeismSchool closuresBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSafety, weapons and policeVouchers and school choice

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Special meeting · 3 h 42 minWednesday, April 29, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · 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

Mari Tere RojasChair · District 6 · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart6.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Dorothy Bendross-MindingallBoard member · District 2 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Joseph S. GellerBoard member · District 3 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Roberto J. AlonsoBoard member · District 4 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Danny EspinoBoard member · District 5 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Mary BlancoBoard member · District 7 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Monica ColucciVice Chair · District 8 · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Luisa SantosBoard member · District 9 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

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 63 meetings on our record

Public comment

Of the 63 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 16; 9 had at least one.

30 speakers15 speakers11.8 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 63 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 5	Jun 17	Jun 10	Apr 29	Apr 14	Feb 17	Feb 11	Dec 17	Nov 19	Oct 29
Mary Blanco	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1200390 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district