Napa Valley Unified School District board

15 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 14 with unconfirmed dates · 16,116 students · 6 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 6, 2026: Board hears 2026-27 annual priorities presentation, passes action items unanimously Play 39:41
Next · Thursday, November 19, 2026: usually 5:00 PM, with an open session section of the meeting beginning at 7:00 PM · Board Room at 2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94558 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Aug 6, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Lisa W. Chu, President · Elba Gonzalez-Mares, Vice President · Robin Jankiewicz, Clerk · John Henry Martin, Board member · Eve Ryser, Board member · Cindy Watter, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 14 minThursday, August 6, 2026Board hears 2026-27 annual priorities presentation, passes action items unanimouslyReading and test scores

Play 39:41

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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingLisa W. ChuPresident · Area 2 · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting

Members · listed by nameElba Gonzalez-MaresVice President · Area 61meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting Robin JankiewiczClerk · Area 11meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting John Henry MartinBoard member · Area 52meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 2 meetings · 1 clip Eve RyserBoard member · Area 41meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting Cindy WatterBoard member · Area 31meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting

Meetings on our record

Next meetingThursday, November 19, 2026usually 5:00 PM, with an open session section of the meeting beginning at 7:00 PM · Board Room at 2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94558NVUSD Board of Education MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 15 meetings on our record

Clips

What John Henry Martin said

My favorite statistic on the dashboard is the, um, how students feel a sense of belonging at school, because I think that everything else that happens at school really leads to that, whether or not a student feels welcome and belonging, whether or not their learning, um, feels, feels productive.John Henry MartinBoard member · Napa Valley Unified School District boardWatch the full meeting from 1:57:51

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition11%4%–17%

Budget and finance9%0%–22%

Public comment2%1%–4%

Safety and discipline1%0%–4%

The two readers didn’t agree on 13% 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 8; 6 had at least one.

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 15 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 6
Lisa W. Chu	Present
Elba Gonzalez-Mares	Present
Robin Jankiewicz	Present
Cindy Watter	Present
Eve Ryser	Present
John Henry Martin	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0626640 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district