Monterey County Board of Education

8 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · 719 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 12, 2026: Board meeting, 3 h 32 min
Newest meeting we have: Aug 12, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Jaime Fernandez, Board Member · Heather Owen, Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 32 minWednesday, August 12, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Annette Yee Steck, John McPherson, Heather Owen, Virginia H. Mendoza and 2 more

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Board meeting · 3 h 46 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Speakers: Annette Yee Steck, John McPherson, Heather Owen, Virginia H. Mendoza and 2 more

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Committee meeting · 4 h 13 minWednesday, June 24, 2026Speakers: Annette Yee Steck, John McPherson, Heather Owen, Mary Claypool

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Work session · 4 h 08 minWednesday, May 27, 2026EnrollmentSpeakers: Annette Yee Steck, John McPherson, Heather Owen, Virginia H. Mendoza and 2 more

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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.

Members · listed by nameMary ClaypoolBoard Member · Trustee Area Six7meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 7 meetings Jaime FernandezBoard Member · Trustee Area Five5meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 5 meetings John McPhersonBoard Member · Trustee Area Two8meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 8 meetings Virginia H. MendozaBoard Member · Trustee Area Four4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Sandra OcampoBoard Member · Trustee Area Seven4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Heather OwenBoard Member · Trustee Area Three8meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 8 meetings Annette Yee SteckBoard Member · Trustee Area One7meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 7 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance6%2%–13%

Ceremony and recognition5%2%–9%

Public comment0%0%–2%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

The two readers didn’t agree on 46% 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; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on May 27, 2026, heard from 7.

7 on May 27, 20267 speakers4 speakers2.6 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 12	Jul 15	Jun 24	May 27
John McPherson	Present	Present	Present	Present
Sandra Ocampo	Present	Present	Not shown	Present
Mary Claypool	Present	Present	Present	Present
Virginia H. Mendoza	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Annette Yee Steck	Present	Present	Present	Present
Heather Owen	Present	Present	Present	Present
Jaime Fernandez	Present	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0691021 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district