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Portsmouth School Board

20 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 55 min · 2,449 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026
Portsmouth school board reviews CIP projects and annual teacher evaluation planPlay 17:26
Newest meeting we have
Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Steven Adler, Board member · Patricia "Tish" Campbell, 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 · 2 h 54 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Portsmouth school board reviews CIP projects and annual teacher evaluation planPhones in schoolSpeakers: Brian French, Nancy Novelline Clayburgh, Christiana "Pip" Clews, David "Leigh" Hudson and 2 more
Play 17:26
Board meeting · 1 h 12 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Portsmouth School Board passes bullying policy update on a single readingAI in schoolsPhones in schoolSpeakers: Lisa Rapaport, Brian French, Steven Adler, Jennifer Shump
Play 1:02:21
Board meetingTuesday, June 23, 2026Speakers: Patricia "Tish" Campbell
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Board meeting · 1 h 11 minTuesday, May 26, 2026Speakers: Brian French, Steven Adler, Nancy Novelline Clayburgh, David "Leigh" Hudson
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Nov 18, 2025 – Sep 8, 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
Lisa RapaportChair · at-large · runs the meeting, not rankedShare3.0min, at least2 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Steven AdlerBoard member · at-large · We could name only 22% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.5min, at least5 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Patricia "Tish" CampbellBoard member · at-large · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Nancy Novelline ClayburghBoard member · at-largeShare1.7min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Christiana "Pip" ClewsBoard member · at-largeShare1.5min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Brian FrenchVice-Chair · at-largeShare1.7min, at least8 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.9questions asked per meeting, at least
David "Leigh" HudsonBoard member · at-largeShare1.4min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Byron MattoBoard member · at-largeShare3.0min, at least8 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer ShumpBoard member · at-largeShare0.7min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.7questions 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
On the map · Phones in school

August 11, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 2 of its meetings.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance20%7%–35%
Public comment0%0%–2%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–18%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 28% 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 12; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Feb 10, 2026, heard from 3.

    3 on Feb 10, 20263 speakers2 speakers0.5 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 20 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 8Aug 11Jun 23May 26Feb 10Jan 27Jan 20Jan 13Jan 6Dec 9Nov 18
    Jennifer ShumpPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recorded
    Lisa RapaportPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    David "Leigh" HudsonPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Christiana "Pip" ClewsPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Byron MattoPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Brian FrenchPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Nancy Novelline ClayburghPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Steven AdlerNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recorded
    Patricia "Tish" CampbellPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3305820 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district