NewBerlinSchoolDistrict

01 — The big decision · Oct 26, 2026

The board also approved a change to the superintendent evaluation process allowing a document tracker in lieu of a presentation.

Our pick of the year's biggest decision from the board's checked meeting summaries. Two AI readers each confirmed the motion and the outcome in the meeting's own transcript, and a third agreed.

02 — On our record · Nov 2025 to Oct 2026

11 meetings

The board met 11 times on our record, for 16 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · Aug 10, 2026

4

4 members of the public spoke on August 10, 2026, the busiest night we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read. 1 of the 12 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 1%

Budget and finance took at least 1% of the board's meeting time (our count, 5%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

• Budget and finance≥ 1%typical board ≥ 10%
• Ceremony and recognition≥ 0%typical board ≥ 4%
• Public comment≥ 0%typical board ≥ 2%

Read from the transcripts of 12 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.