Ouachita Parish School Board

17 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 43 min · 18,657 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 29, 2026: Board accepts $1 million even bid for roof replacement Play 11:12
Newest meeting we have: Sep 29, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tommy Comeaux, President · Mike Batey, Board member · David "Dabo" Graves, Board member · Jerry R. Hicks, Board member · Greg Manley, Vice President · Shere May, Board member · Harold McCoy, 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

Special meeting · 15 minTuesday, September 29, 2026Board accepts $1 million even bid for roof replacementSpeakers: Harold McCoy, David "Dabo" Graves

Play 11:12

Board meeting · 50 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Ouachita Parish school board approves '26-'27 operating budgetSpeakers: Harold McCoy, Greg Manley

Play 11:15

Committee meeting · 28 minThursday, August 27, 2026Speakers: Shere May, Harold McCoy

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Board meeting · 43 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Speakers: Tommy Comeaux, Shere May

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Sep 29, 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

Tommy ComeauxPresident · District A · runs the meeting, not ranked1.4min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Shere MayBoard member · District B · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Mike BateyBoard member · District C · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Jerry R. HicksBoard member · District D · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Harold McCoyBoard member · District E1.0min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.4questions asked per meeting, at least

David "Dabo" GravesBoard member · District F · We could name only 17% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Greg ManleyVice President · District G0.4min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions 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 17 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance15%11%–21%

Ceremony and recognition9%3%–17%

Safety and discipline3%0%–8%

Public comment0%0%–21%

The two readers didn’t agree on 19% 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 17 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 0 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 10 of the 17 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 29	Sep 8	Aug 27	Aug 11	Jul 29	Jul 14	Jun 9	May 12	Apr 14	Jan 15	Dec 11	Nov 12
Harold McCoy	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not shown	Present	Present
Greg Manley	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present
Tommy Comeaux	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present
Shere May	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present
Mike Batey	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded
Jerry R. Hicks	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present
David "Dabo" Graves	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2201200 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district