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Southern Kern Unified Board of Trustees

17 meetings on our record, 13 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 14 min · 3,683 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 16, 2026
Board asked to consider archery program at Rosemont High with approximately $5,000 initial costPlay 10:17
Newest meeting we have
Sep 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Mario Gutierrez, Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 14 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Board asked to consider archery program at Rosemont High with approximately $5,000 initial costSpeakers: Justin Wright, Adrienne Rendon
Play 10:17
Board meeting · 1 h 06 minWednesday, September 2, 2026Southern Kern Unified board hears option to issue about $10 million in bondsSpeakers: Sunni Hepburn, Justin Wright, Mario Gutierrez
Play 50:32
Board meeting · 56 minWednesday, August 5, 2026Speakers: Robert Vincelette, Sunni Hepburn, Justin Wright, Mario Gutierrez and 1 more
Watch
Board meeting · 1 h 18 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Speakers: Robert Vincelette, Sunni Hepburn, Justin Wright, Mario Gutierrez and 1 more
Watch
The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 13 board meetings, Nov 19, 2025 – Sep 16, 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
Robert VincelettePresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare5.0min, at least5 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Mario GutierrezMemberShare0.9min, at least6 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Sunni HepburnVice PresidentShare1.1min, at least8 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Adrienne RendonMemberShare0.7min, at least8 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Justin WrightClerk · We could name only 29% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.7min, at least8 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.1questions 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 17 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition9%4%–16%
Budget and finance7%1%–16%
Safety and discipline1%0%–4%
Public comment0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 14% 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 17 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 3 had at least one.

    1 speaker1 speaker0.2 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 17 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 16Sep 2Aug 5Jul 15Jun 17Jun 2May 20May 6Apr 29Apr 15Mar 4Feb 4Nov 19
    Justin WrightPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Adrienne RendonPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Sunni HepburnPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Robert VincelettePresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Mario GutierrezNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0637620 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district