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Moline-Coal Valley CUSD 40 Board of Education

15 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 42 min · 7,254 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026
Moline-Coal Valley board hears Infinite Campus transition and school construction updatesPlay 3:26
Newest meeting we have
Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Cheston "Chet" DeSmet, Board President · Audrey Adamson, Board Vice President · Ramona Dixon, Board Member · Jason Farrell, Board Member · Lindsey Hines, Board Member · Geoff Manis, Board Member · Laura Sivertsen, Board Member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 45 minMonday, September 28, 2026Moline-Coal Valley board hears Infinite Campus transition and school construction updatesSpeakers: Lindsey Hines
Play 3:26
Board meeting · 37 minMonday, September 14, 2026Board takes roll call votes on agreements with Family Resources, Youth Service BureauSpeakers: Geoff Manis
Play 25:02
Board meeting · 31 minMonday, August 10, 2026Speakers: Ramona Dixon, Jason Farrell
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Board meeting · 25 minMonday, June 22, 2026Phones in school
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Jan 12, 2026 – Sep 28, 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
Cheston "Chet" DeSmetBoard President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare0.2min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Audrey AdamsonBoard Vice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Ramona DixonBoard MemberShare0.9min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Jason FarrellBoard Member · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least2 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Lindsey HinesBoard Member · We could name only 27% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least2 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Geoff ManisBoard MemberShare0.7min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Laura SivertsenBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least1 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 15 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

June 22, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition5%1%–10%
Budget and finance2%0%–6%
Public comment0%0%–3%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 29% 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 15 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 14; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 14, 2026, heard from 1.

    1 on Sep 14, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 15 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 28Sep 14Aug 10Jun 22May 26May 11May 4Apr 27Apr 13Mar 9Feb 10Jan 12
    Laura SivertsenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Geoff ManisPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jason FarrellPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Ramona DixonPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Cheston "Chet" DeSmetPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Audrey AdamsonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Lindsey HinesPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1726400 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district