Smith County School Board

11 meetings on our record, all from the past year · typical meeting 54 min · 3,033 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 14, 2026: Smith County board does not approve Florida trip, tables tour request to January Play 6:24
Newest meeting we have: Sep 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Tressa Bush, Board member · Scotty Enoch, Board member · Anthony Hackett, Board member · Tommy Manning, Board member · Marty McCaleb, Board member · David McDonald, Board member · Dale McKinney, Board 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 · 51 minMonday, September 14, 2026Smith County board does not approve Florida trip, tables tour request to JanuarySpeakers: Marty McCaleb, Tommy Manning, Anthony Hackett, Tressa Bush

Play 6:24

Special meeting · 3 h 40 minSaturday, August 22, 2026Speakers: Scotty Enoch, Marty McCaleb, Tommy Manning, David McDonald

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Board meeting · 3 h 51 minMonday, July 20, 2026Speakers: Marty McCaleb, Tommy Manning

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Special meeting · 1 h 26 minMonday, July 13, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Jan 20, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 56% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 56% of members’ speaking time named (22%–65%)

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

Tommy ManningBoard member · District 5- Gordonsville · runs the meeting, not ranked18.7min, at least6 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart7.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Scotty EnochBoard member · District 2- Tanglewood · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Marty McCalebBoard member · District 3- New Middleton · We could name only 12% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%1.3min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Dale McKinneyBoard member · District 4- Rock City · 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

Anthony HackettBoard member · District 6- Carthage · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

David McDonaldBoard member · District 7- South Carthage · We could name only 3% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.4min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Tressa BushBoard member · District 8- Elmwood · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.2min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.0questions 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

Clips

What Scotty Enoch said on Aug 22, 2026

if we do— if we do nothing, which I don't suggest for sure, the, the monkey's not off our back. We still— the comptroller comes in, it's still our job to make the cuts to get to 32. 2, 7, whatever the number is. It's not— I, I didn't understand that part. I thought they would come make the cuts.Scotty EnochBoard member · Smith County School Board · Aug 22, 2026Watch the full meeting from 30:34

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance36%7%–60%

Public comment1%0%–3%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on May 11, 2026, heard from 4.

4 on May 11, 20264 speakers2 speakers0.5 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 11 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 14	Aug 22	Jul 20	Jul 13	May 11	Apr 20	Mar 17	Feb 28	Feb 9	Jan 20	Dec 9
Marty McCaleb	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4703870 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district