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Richmond Community Schools Board of Education

24 meetings on our record, 16 of them from the past year and 8 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 07 min · 1,542 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026
Richmond board approves one-time stipends for three building principalsPlay 45:53
Newest meeting we have
Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Candess Cunningham, Board member · Sandra Fortuna, Board member · Sarah Gillies, Board member · Deborah Michon, Board member · Raymond Stier, Board member · Danielle Sutton, Board member · Margaret Teltow, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 57 minMonday, September 28, 2026Richmond board approves one-time stipends for three building principalsSpeakers: Deborah Michon, Candess Cunningham, Sarah Gillies, Raymond Stier and 2 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 09 minMonday, September 14, 2026Speakers: Candess Cunningham, Sandra Fortuna, Sarah Gillies, Danielle Sutton and 1 more
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Board meeting · 27 minMonday, August 24, 2026Speakers: Deborah Michon, Candess Cunningham, Sandra Fortuna, Margaret Teltow
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Board meeting · 3 h 29 minMonday, August 10, 2026Chronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsPhones in schoolSpeakers: Deborah Michon, Candess Cunningham, Sandra Fortuna, Sarah Gillies and 2 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 16 board meetings, Nov 24, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 34% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.
Coverage: about 34% of members’ speaking time named (20%–64%)

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
Deborah MichonBoard member · runs the meeting, not rankedShare3.9min, at least13 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Candess CunninghamBoard member · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.9min, at least11 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Sandra FortunaBoard member · We could name only 20% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.8min, at least13 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Sarah GilliesBoard member · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.4min, at least12 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Raymond StierBoard member · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share2.0min, at least8 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Danielle SuttonBoard member · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.0min, at least12 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Margaret TeltowBoard member · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share2.0min, at least14 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions 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 24 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

February 9, 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 finance14%5%–25%
Ceremony and recognition3%1%–6%
Public comment1%0%–3%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 23% 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 24 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 19; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 27, 2026, heard from 6.

    6 on Apr 27, 20266 speakers3 speakers0.9 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 14 of the 24 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 28Sep 14Aug 24Aug 10Jun 22Jun 8May 26May 18May 11Apr 27Mar 9Feb 23Feb 9Jan 26Jan 12Nov 24
    Danielle SuttonPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentNot recorded
    Raymond StierPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Sarah GilliesPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Sandra FortunaNot shownPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Deborah MichonPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Margaret TeltowPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Candess CunninghamPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 2629670 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district