OakesPublicSchoolDistrict41

01 — The big decision · May 19, 2026

Oakes school board approves health insurance plan changes, reviews draft preliminary budget

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 · Dec 2025 to Aug 2026

6 meetings

The board met 6 times on our record, for 5 hours of meetings.

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

03 — Where the time went

at least 1%

Budget and finance took at least 1% of the board's meeting time (our count, 15%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

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

Read from the transcripts of 6 board meetings, Dec 16, 2025 to Aug 18, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.