Richmond City School Board

3 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · 20,819 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Mar 16, 2026: Committee meeting, 1 h 04 min
Newest meeting we have: Mar 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Shavonda Fernandez, Chair · Cheryl Burke, Board member · Ali Faruk, Board member · Wesley Hedgepeth, Board member · Anne Holton, Board member · Emmett Jafari, Board member · Matthew Percival, Vice Chair · Kathryn Ricard, Board member · Stephanie Rizzi, Board member

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Committee meeting · 1 h 04 minMonday, March 16, 2026Speakers: Ali Faruk, Shavonda Fernandez

The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingShavonda FernandezChair · 9th District · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting

Members · listed by nameCheryl BurkeBoard member · 7th District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Ali FarukBoard member · 3rd District1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Wesley HedgepethBoard member · 4th District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Anne HoltonBoard member · 6th District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Emmett JafariBoard member · 8th District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Matthew PercivalVice Chair · 1st District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Kathryn RicardBoard member · 2nd District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Stephanie RizziBoard member · 5th District—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 3 meetings on our record

Federal district ID 5103240 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district