RichmondCommunitySchools

01 — A decision from the year · Sep 28, 2026

Richmond board approves one-time stipends for three building principals

The meeting's headline from its checked summary, picked for its subject (the superintendent, schools, the budget, policy) and a contested vote over a unanimous one. 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

16 meetings

The board met 16 times in the past year on our record, for 21 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · Apr 27, 2026

6

6 members of the public spoke on April 27, 2026, one of the busiest nights we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown, at the 16 of the board's 16 past-year meetings we could count; 8 had a public speaker. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read.

04 — Where the time went

at least 5%

Budget and finance took at least 5% of the board's meeting time (our count, 14%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

• Budget and finance≥ 5%typical board ≥ 10%
• Ceremony and recognition≥ 1%typical board ≥ 4%

Measured on its own set: the 20 board meetings we timed from their transcripts, — to — (a date we have not confirmed shows as —). Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.