PlainsK-12Schools

01 — The big decision · Sep 21, 2026

Plains school board approves student trustee policy

Our pick of the year's biggest decision from the board's checked meeting summaries. Two AI readers each confirmed the motion and the outcome in the meeting's own transcript, and a third agreed.

02 — On our record · Jan 2026 to Sep 2026

13 meetings

The board met 13 times on our record, for at least 7 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths; 2 of the 13 videos had no length we could read, so the hours are a floor. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · Jan 19, 2026

4

4 members of the public spoke on January 19, 2026, one of the busiest nights we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read. 10 of the 15 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 11%

Budget and finance took at least 11% of the board's meeting time (our count, 30%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

• Budget and finance≥ 11%typical board ≥ 10%
• Public comment≥ 2%typical board ≥ 2%

Read from the transcripts of 15 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 to Sep 21, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.