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Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees

8 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 2 h 36 min · 8,553 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 19, 2026
Sequoia Union board adopts environmental findings for Sequoia High facilities projectsPlay 1:29:17
Newest meeting we have
Aug 19, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Maria E. Cruz, Trustee · Rich Ginn, Vice President/Clerk · Mary Beth Thompson, Trustee

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 34 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Sequoia Union board adopts environmental findings for Sequoia High facilities projectsSpeakers: Mary Beth Thompson
Play 1:29:17
Board meeting · 2 h 16 minWednesday, June 10, 2026Sequoia Union trustees discuss cell phone policy as staff recommends in-class banSpeakers: Amy Koo, Rich Ginn, Mary Beth Thompson, Sathvik Nori and 1 more
Play 1:14:48
Board meeting · 2 h 50 minWednesday, April 22, 2026Sequoia Union board motion on consistent honors course offerings failsSpeakers: Amy Koo, Rich Ginn, Mary Beth Thompson, Sathvik Nori and 1 more
Play 2:37:03
Board meeting · 2 h 21 minWednesday, March 4, 2026Speakers: Amy Koo, Rich Ginn, Mary Beth Thompson, Maria E. Cruz
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 8 board meetings, Dec 10, 2025 – Aug 19, 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
Amy KooPresident · Trustee Area A · runs the meeting, not rankedShare7.6min, at least6 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Mary Beth ThompsonTrustee · Trustee Area BShare1.9min, at least6 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Rich GinnVice President/Clerk · Trustee Area CShare4.7min, at least7 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Sathvik NoriTrustee · Trustee Area DShare1.3min, at least4 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Maria E. CruzTrustee · Trustee Area EShare1.7min, at least5 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions 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 8 meetings on our record
Clips

What Amy Koo said on Mar 4, 2026

I actually wanted to understand how the, the 2 AI tools were selected for piloting to begin with, because I mean, there's a lot of stuff out there. So how'd you winnow it down to the final 2?Amy KooPresident · Sequoia Union High School District Board of Trustees · Mar 4, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:34:26
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance8%4%–12%
Public comment4%2%–7%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–26%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 21% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Dec 10, 2025, heard from 31.

    31 on Dec 10, 202531 speakers16 speakers17.4 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 8 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberAug 19Jun 10Apr 22Mar 4Feb 11Feb 4Jan 14Dec 10
    Amy KooPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Rich GinnPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Sathvik NoriPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresent
    Mary Beth ThompsonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Maria E. CruzPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0636390 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district