Sherman Independent School District Board of Trustees

11 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 25 min · 7,843 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Sherman ISD trustees approve 2026 tax rates totaling 1.1932 Play 20:40
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Jennifer Shelby, President · Nathan Cain, Vice President · Kelssi Frederick, Member · Paul Manley, Member · Brad Morgan, Member · David Tarvin, Secretary · Wendy Vellotti, Member

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 · 2 h 16 minMonday, September 21, 2026Sherman ISD trustees approve 2026 tax rates totaling 1.1932Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Jennifer Shelby

Play 20:40

Board meeting · 3 h 28 minMonday, August 17, 2026Sherman ISD board approves consent agenda and STEM grant item in separate votesReading and test scoresSpeakers: Jennifer Shelby, David Tarvin, Brad Morgan, Kelssi Frederick

Play 2:33:05

Board meeting · 2 h 17 minMonday, June 15, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Paul Manley

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Board meeting · 2 h 39 minMonday, April 20, 2026Safety, weapons and policeSpeakers: David Tarvin, Kelssi Frederick

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Nov 17, 2025 – Sep 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

Jennifer ShelbyPresident · Place 3 · runs the meeting, not ranked3.2min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Nathan CainVice President · Place 1 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Brad MorganMember · Place 2 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Kelssi FrederickMember · Place 4 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.5min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Paul ManleyMember · Place 5 · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

David TarvinSecretary · Place 6 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Wendy VellottiMember · Place 7 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

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

Ceremony and recognition15%10%–22%

Budget and finance14%7%–23%

Public comment6%0%–12%

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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 20, 2026, heard from 7.

7 on Apr 20, 20267 speakers4 speakers1.8 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4840080 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district