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Palisades School District Board of Directors

14 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 1 h 37 min · 1,366 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 21, 2026
Palisades school board approves $9,210 community survey service orderPlay 51:48
Newest meeting we have
Oct 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Silvia Leblanc, PRESIDENT · Karen Beerer, DIRECTOR · Scott Freeman, Vice-PRESIDENT · James Hallowell, DIRECTOR · Cora Landis, DIRECTOR · Betsy Nilsen, DIRECTOR · James Ott, DIRECTOR · Saul Ramos, TREASURER · Linda Wenhold, DIRECTOR

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 37 minWednesday, October 21, 2026Palisades school board approves $9,210 community survey service orderSpeakers: James Hallowell, Scott Freeman, James Ott, Karen Beerer and 2 more
Play 51:48
Board meeting · 2 h 23 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Palisades school board approves bond parameters resolution and purchase agreement 7-2School closuresBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: James Hallowell, Scott Freeman, James Ott, Karen Beerer and 2 more
Play 1:22:58
Board meeting · 2 h 00 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Palisades board votes 8-1 to prepare bond parameters resolution for SeptemberSpeakers: James Hallowell, Scott Freeman, Silvia Leblanc, James Ott and 2 more
Play 56:16
Board meeting · 1 h 38 minWednesday, June 17, 2026Speakers: Scott Freeman, James Ott, Karen Beerer, Saul Ramos and 2 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Dec 17, 2025 – Oct 21, 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
Silvia LeblancPRESIDENT · Region I Bridgeton/Tinicum · runs the meeting, not rankedShare7.4min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Scott FreemanVice-PRESIDENT · Region I Bridgeton/TinicumShare3.5min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
James HallowellDIRECTOR · Region I Bridgeton/Tinicum · We could name only 27% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.0min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions asked per meeting, at least
James OttDIRECTOR · Region II Durham/ Nockamixon/Riegelsville Borough · We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.9min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Karen BeererDIRECTOR · Region II Durham/Nockamixon/Riegelsville BoroughShare2.8min, at least9 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Saul RamosTREASURER · Region II Durham/Nockamixon/Riegelsville BoroughShare8.0min, at least12 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Cora LandisDIRECTOR · Region III SpringfieldShare3.7min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Betsy NilsenDIRECTOR · Region III Springfield · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.5min, at least4 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Linda WenholdDIRECTOR · Region III SpringfieldShare1.8min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.3questions 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 14 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

December 17, 2025

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read. A faint dot on the map: we had read too few of its earlier meetings to call it new.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance21%16%–27%
Ceremony and recognition6%3%–10%
Public comment5%2%–8%
Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 29% 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 14 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 10 had at least one. The busiest, on Oct 21, 2026, heard from 5.

    5 on Oct 21, 20265 speakers3 speakers2.1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 14 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 21Sep 16Aug 19Jun 17Jun 3May 20May 6Apr 15Mar 18Feb 18Jan 21Dec 17
    Scott FreemanPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    James HallowellPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Karen BeererPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Saul RamosPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Cora LandisPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Linda WenholdPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    James OttPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresent
    Silvia LeblancPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Betsy NilsenPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4218330 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district