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Ringgold School District School Board

11 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 31 min · 2,565 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 21, 2026
Ringgold board votes 6-0 to buy 4 vans for $271,375.68Play 36:33
Newest meeting we have
Oct 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Jason Briscoe, President · Heather Dougherty, Board member · Carol F. Flament, 1st Vice President · Sherrie L. Garry, 2nd Vice President · Gene Kennedy, Board member · Paul Mountain, Board member · Maureen A. Ott, Board member · Steven Toprani, Board member · Heather Wilhelm, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 37 minWednesday, October 21, 2026Ringgold board votes 6-0 to buy 4 vans for $271,375.68Speakers: Jason Briscoe, Carol F. Flament, Sherrie L. Garry, Paul Mountain and 1 more
Play 36:33
Board meeting · 35 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Ringgold board approves bills and treasurer's report in 9-0 votesSpeakers: Carol F. Flament, Paul Mountain, Maureen A. Ott, Steven Toprani
Play 17:27
Board meeting · 25 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Ringgold board approves $1,953,408.40 in general fund bills in 9-0 voteSpeakers: Jason Briscoe, Carol F. Flament, Sherrie L. Garry, Gene Kennedy and 2 more
Play 13:40
Board meeting · 45 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Speakers: Sherrie L. Garry, Heather Dougherty, Paul Mountain, Maureen A. Ott
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Nov 19, 2025 – Oct 21, 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
Jason BriscoePresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare1.2min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Heather DoughertyBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Carol F. Flament1st Vice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Sherrie L. Garry2nd Vice President · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.2min, at least3 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Gene KennedyBoard memberShare0.2min, at least2 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Paul MountainBoard memberShare1.0min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Maureen A. OttBoard memberShare0.7min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Steven TopraniBoard memberShare0.4min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Heather WilhelmBoard member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.5min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions 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 11 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment7%2%–12%
Safety and discipline4%0%–11%
Budget and finance4%2%–7%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 32% 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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 16, 2026, heard from 5.

    5 on Sep 16, 20265 speakers3 speakers1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

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

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 21Sep 16Aug 19Jul 15May 13Apr 15Mar 18Feb 18Jan 21Dec 17Nov 19
    Maureen A. OttPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jason BriscoePresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Carol F. FlamentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Sherrie L. GarryNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Heather DoughertyNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Gene KennedyNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Paul MountainPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Steven TopraniNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Heather WilhelmPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4220400 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district