Plains K-12 Schools School Board

20 meetings on our record, 13 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 44 min · 427 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Plains school board approves student trustee policy Play 18:20
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Colleen McCarthy, Chair · Rachel Chenoweth, Board member · Doug Padden, Board member · Kelly Pfister, Vice-Chair · Monica Weedeman, 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 · 21 minMonday, September 21, 2026Plains school board approves student trustee policy

Play 18:20

Special meeting · 14 minMonday, August 31, 2026Plains school board considers motion to reinstate cheerleading squad

Play 3:07

Special meetingMonday, August 24, 2026

Watch

Board meeting · 51 minMonday, August 17, 2026Plains board takes up two-year special education partnership proposalSpeakers: Doug Padden

Play 28:51

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Feb 6, 2026 – Sep 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

Colleen McCarthyChair · 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

Members · listed by seat

Rachel ChenowethBoard member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Doug PaddenBoard member · We could name only 10% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least2 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Kelly PfisterVice-Chair · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Monica WeedemanBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings 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

All 20 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance30%11%–49%

Public comment5%2%–9%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–15%

The two readers didn’t agree on 15% 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 20 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 10 had at least one.

4 speakers2 speakers1.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 3020850 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district