School Board of Osceola County

8 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 25 min · 74,289 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Osceola school board holds final hearing on 5.277-mill tax rate and 2026-27 budget Play 39:35
Next · Tuesday, November 17, 2026: 5:00 PM · School District Administrative Complex, 817 Bill Beck Boulevard, Kissimmee · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Paula Bronson, Board member · Terry Castillo, Board member · Bethzaida Garcia, Board member · Heather Kahoun, Board member · Jolene Sheive, 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 · 1 h 16 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Osceola school board holds final hearing on 5.277-mill tax rate and 2026-27 budgetSpeakers: Jolene Sheive, Heather Kahoun, Paula Bronson

Play 39:35

Board meeting · 2 h 16 minTuesday, July 28, 2026Osceola board holds first public hearing on 5.277-mill rate and tentative budgetSpeakers: Bethzaida Garcia, Jolene Sheive, Paula Bronson

Play 56:33

Board meeting · 1 h 33 minTuesday, May 5, 2026Osceola board hears proposed rule, conduct code revisions ahead of June 23rd hearingSpeakers: Terry Castillo, Bethzaida Garcia, Jolene Sheive, Heather Kahoun and 1 more

Play 1:17:06

Board meeting · 1 h 07 minTuesday, April 21, 2026Speakers: Terry Castillo, Bethzaida Garcia, Jolene Sheive, Heather Kahoun and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Jan 20, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 46% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 46% of members’ speaking time named (31%–74%)

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

Heather KahounBoard member · District 4 · runs the meeting, not ranked3.2min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Terry CastilloBoard member · District 1 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.8min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Bethzaida GarciaBoard member · District 2 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.9min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jolene SheiveBoard member · District 3 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.7min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Paula BronsonBoard member · District 5 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 85.7min, at least6 of 6meetings 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

Next meetingTuesday, November 17, 20265:00 PM · School District Administrative Complex, 817 Bill Beck Boulevard, KissimmeeSchool Board Meeting - Reorganization Nov. 17, 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 8 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment17%7%–27%

Ceremony and recognition14%5%–23%

Budget and finance5%0%–12%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

The two readers didn’t agree on 26% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on Jul 28, 2026, heard from 19.

19 on Jul 28, 202619 speakers10 speakers5.9 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 1201470 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district