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Monroe School District Board of Directors

12 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 54 min · 5,671 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 26, 2026
Monroe School Board approves consent agenda, hears career education and budget reportsPlay 3:09
Newest meeting we have
Oct 26, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Molly Barnes, Board and Legislative Rep · Jeremiah Campbell, Pro-Tem · James Etzkorn, WA Interscholastic Activities Association Rep · Jennifer Henriquez-Bumpus, Vice President · Chuck Whitfield, Instructional Materials Committee (IMC) Rep

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 · 54 minMonday, October 26, 2026Monroe School Board approves consent agenda, hears career education and budget reportsSpeakers: Jeremiah Campbell, Molly Barnes, Jennifer Henriquez-Bumpus
Play 3:09
Board meeting · 28 minMonday, October 12, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Molly Barnes
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Board meeting · 38 minMonday, September 28, 2026Monroe school board approves policy revisions and consent agenda, hears enrollment updateSpeakers: Chuck Whitfield, Molly Barnes
Play 6:06
Board meeting · 59 minMonday, September 14, 2026Monroe School Board approves 2026-2027 facility use feesAI in schoolsSpeakers: Chuck Whitfield, Molly Barnes
Play 38:22
The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Feb 23, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat0 members can be compared fairly; we rank at 4.
Coverage: about 74% of members’ speaking time named (49%–75%)

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
Molly BarnesBoard and Legislative Rep · DISTRICT 3 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare9.7min, at least12 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Jeremiah CampbellPro-Tem · District 1 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare2.0min, at least6 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
James EtzkornWA Interscholastic Activities Association Rep · DISTRICT 4 · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.9min, at least6 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer Henriquez-BumpusVice President · DISTRICT 5 · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.4min, at least3 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Chuck WhitfieldInstructional Materials Committee (IMC) Rep · District 2 · We could name only 18% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.6min, at least6 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions 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 12 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance16%4%–32%
Ceremony and recognition4%0%–11%
Safety and discipline0%0%–18%
Public comment0%0%–18%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 38% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 0 had at least one.

    1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 26Oct 12Sep 28Sep 14Aug 24Aug 10Jun 8Jun 1May 4Apr 20Mar 9Feb 23
    Molly BarnesPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    James EtzkornNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jeremiah CampbellPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Chuck WhitfieldPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Jennifer Henriquez-BumpusPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5305130 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district