PortsmouthSchoolDistrict

01 — The big decision · Aug 11, 2026

Portsmouth School Board passes bullying policy update on a single reading

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 · Nov 2025 to Sep 2026

11 meetings

The board met 11 times on our record, for at least 19 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths; 1 of the 11 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 · Feb 10, 2026

3

3 members of the public spoke on February 10, 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. 3 of the 12 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 7%

Budget and finance took at least 7% of the board's meeting time (our count, 20%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

Read from the transcripts of 12 board meetings, Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.