Newport-Mesa Unified Board of Education

6 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 17,768 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Mar 10, 2026: Board meeting, 4 h 47 min
Newest meeting we have: Mar 10, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Andrea McElroy, Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 4 h 47 minTuesday, March 10, 2026Speakers: Ashley Anderson, Carol Crane, Krista Weigand

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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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingLeah ErsoyluPresident · Trustee Area 1 · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting

Members · listed by nameAshley AndersonMember · Trustee Area 74meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Carol CraneMember · Trustee Area 34meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Andrea McElroyMember · Trustee Area 52meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Michelle MurphyVice President · Trustee Area 22meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Lisa PearsonClerk · Trustee Area 44meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Krista WeigandMember · Trustee Area 65meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 5 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance10%1%–24%

Safety and discipline6%0%–15%

Public comment4%1%–9%

Ceremony and recognition4%2%–7%

The two readers didn’t agree on 33% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 10, 2026, heard from 18.

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 6 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Mar 10
Ashley Anderson	Present
Carol Crane	Present
Krista Weigand	Present
Michelle Murphy	Present
Leah Ersoylu	Present
Lisa Pearson	Present
Andrea McElroy	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0627240 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district