Summit City School District board

9 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · 4,006 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 10, 2026: Summit school board reviews goals for second year of strategic plan Play 57:44
Newest meeting we have: Sep 10, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Eileen Kelly, President · Melanie Cohn, Board member · Kimberly Gianis, Board member · Mark Gundersen, Board member · Jenny Hoff, Board member · Walidah Justice, Board member · J. Carlos Mahecha, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 37 minThursday, September 10, 2026Summit school board reviews goals for second year of strategic planSpeakers: Eileen Kelly, J. Carlos Mahecha, Mark Gundersen, Walidah Justice

Play 57:44

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Summit school board adopts bell-to-bell policy on student internet-enabled devicesPhones in schoolSpeakers: J. Carlos Mahecha, Melanie Cohn, Mark Gundersen, Walidah Justice

Play 50:51

Special meeting · 1 h 02 minThursday, March 26, 2026Budget cuts and layoffs

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Board meeting · 1 h 07 minThursday, January 15, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 4 board meetings, Nov 14, 2025 – Sep 10, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat4 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 67% of members’ speaking time named (49%–68%)

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

Eileen KellyPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked2.8min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart

Melanie CohnBoard member · runs the meeting, not ranked3.5min, at least3 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart

Members · listed by seat

Kimberly GianisBoard member · 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

Mark GundersenBoard member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.8min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Jenny HoffBoard member · 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

Walidah JusticeBoard member · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.4min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

J. Carlos MahechaVice President · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.4min, at least4 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

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 9 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

August 25, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Federal district ID 3415900 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district