Orange County School Board

12 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 3 h 29 min · 206,815 students · 8 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Orange County school board adopts 6.343-mill tax rate and final 2026-27 budget Play 2:51:55
Next · Thursday, November 5, 2026: 10:00 AM · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Melissa Byrd, Board member · Maria Salamanca, Vice-chair

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 · 3 h 34 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Orange County school board adopts 6.343-mill tax rate and final 2026-27 budgetChronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Maria Salamanca, Angie Gallo, Alicia Farrant, Vicki-Elaine Felder and 1 more

Play 2:51:55

Board meeting · 3 h 36 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Orange County school board approves 2026-2027 observations and celebrations listChronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentReading and test scoresVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Maria Salamanca, Angie Gallo, Alicia Farrant, Anne Douglas and 2 more

Play 30:11

Board meeting · 5 h 09 minTuesday, July 28, 2026Orange school board approves micromobility parking policy and tentative 2026-27 budgetAI in schoolsEnrollmentVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Maria Salamanca, Angie Gallo, Alicia Farrant, Anne Douglas and 2 more

Play 1:42:55

Board meeting · 1 h 02 minTuesday, June 2, 2026Orange school board honors student athletes, musicians and science fair winnersSpeakers: Anne Douglas, Vicki-Elaine Felder

Play 27:30

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Apr 7, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat7 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 86% of members’ speaking time named (61%–87%)

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

Teresa JacobsChair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Maria SalamancaVice-chair · District 2 · runs the meeting, not ranked18.6min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart6.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Angie GalloBoard member · District 1 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 810.6min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked7.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Alicia FarrantBoard member · District 3 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 87.0min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Anne DouglasBoard member · District 4 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.0min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Vicki-Elaine FelderBoard member · District 5 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 88.9min, at least7 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephanie VanosBoard member · District 6 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 89.6min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Melissa ByrdBoard member · District 7 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 85.6min, at least5 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.4questions 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

Next meetingThursday, November 5, 202610:00 AMSchool Board Work SessionThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 12 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I just feel like our community needs stability. An interim superintendent does not give us the stability that we, we thrive.Angie GalloBoard member · Orange County School Board · Aug 25, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:24:19
I mean, I know that we have declining enrollment and it doesn't look pretty out there, but 87% are choosing some type of choice. …Angie GalloBoard member · Orange County School Board · Aug 25, 2026Watch the full meeting from 53:45
I think that helps parents as well when they see that. And I know that there's many schools, many choices. There's many charters and private schools. …Alicia FarrantBoard member · Orange County School Board · Apr 7, 2026Watch the full meeting from 58:37
Is it possible that we could allow students to again wear what professional, for example, professional women runners wear on practice that is not on campus but off campus? …Stephanie VanosBoard member · Orange County School BoardWatch the full meeting from 17:48
Do you know the percentage or if there's a number where you've had concerns where some of the custodial services were not done to the expectation of this district?Vicki-Elaine FelderBoard member · Orange County School Board · May 5, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:38:02

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance14%2%–30%

Safety and discipline10%2%–17%

Ceremony and recognition6%2%–14%

Public comment0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 20% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Jul 28, 2026, heard from 16.

16 on Jul 28, 202616 speakers8 speakers2.4 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 4 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 8	Aug 25	Jul 28	Jun 2	May 5	Apr 7
Vicki-Elaine Felder	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Present
Alicia Farrant	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Stephanie Vanos	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Melissa Byrd	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded
Angie Gallo	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Anne Douglas	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present
Maria Salamanca	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1201440 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district