North Hills School District Board of Education

13 meetings on our record, 8 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 34 min · 4,648 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 1, 2026: North Hills board carries motions on 2027-2028 calendar, mentoring agreement and grants Play 6:09
Newest meeting we have: Oct 1, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Allison Mathis, School Board President · Samantha Ellwood, School Board Member · Sandra Kozera, School Board Member · Joe Laslavic, School Director · Phil Little, School Board Member · Rachael Rennebeck, School Board Member · Michael Santucci, School Board Member · Helen Spade, School Board Vice President · Ashley Stephens, School Board Member

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 · 16 minThursday, October 1, 2026North Hills board carries motions on 2027-2028 calendar, mentoring agreement and grantsSpeakers: Helen Spade, Samantha Ellwood, Rachael Rennebeck, Michael Santucci and 1 more

Play 6:09

Board meeting · 44 minThursday, September 17, 2026North Hills board advances four policy changes to Oct. 1 committee meetingSpeakers: Helen Spade, Samantha Ellwood, Sandra Kozera, Phil Little and 2 more

Play 38:47

Committee meeting · 37 minThursday, June 4, 2026North Hills board approves 26-27 budget and 21.22-mill tax rateSpeakers: Helen Spade, Samantha Ellwood, Phil Little, Rachael Rennebeck

Play 4:36

Board meeting · 21 minThursday, May 14, 2026Speakers: Sandra Kozera, Rachael Rennebeck, Ashley Stephens

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Feb 19, 2026 – Oct 1, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

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

Allison MathisSchool Board President · runs the meeting, not ranked1.7min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Samantha EllwoodSchool Board Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sandra KozeraSchool Board Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.9min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Joe LaslavicSchool Director · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Phil LittleSchool Board Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Rachael RennebeckSchool Board Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.2min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Michael SantucciSchool Board Member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Helen SpadeSchool Board Vice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Ashley StephensSchool Board Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 13 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition8%2%–18%

Public comment3%0%–9%

Budget and finance0%0%–3%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

The two readers didn’t agree on 49% 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 13 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 4, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Jun 4, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.2 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4217220 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district