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Sycamore CUSD 427 Board of Education

8 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 3 h 16 min · 3,665 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026
Sycamore board approves fiscal year '27 budget and business consulting agreementPlay 3:00:44
Newest meeting we have
Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Michael DeVito, Board of Education President · Christian Copple, Board of Education Vice President · Beth Marie Evans, Board of Education Member · Alex Grados, Board of Education Secretary · Cole Regnery, Board of Education Member · Nathaniel Russell, Board of Education Member · Alan Zantout, Board of Education 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 · 4 h 21 minMonday, September 28, 2026Sycamore board approves fiscal year '27 budget and business consulting agreementEnrollmentReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Christian Copple, Alex Grados, Cole Regnery, Alan Zantout
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Board meeting · 4 h 13 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Sycamore board hears tentative budget, facilities assessment and debt optionsChronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael DeVito, Christian Copple, Alex Grados, Cole Regnery and 2 more
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Board meeting · 4 h 05 minTuesday, August 4, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Alex Grados, Beth Marie Evans, Cole Regnery, Nathaniel Russell and 1 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 20 minTuesday, April 28, 2026AI in schoolsSpeakers: Alex Grados, Cole Regnery, Alan Zantout
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Mar 3, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat6 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.
Coverage: about 65% of members’ speaking time named (44%–66%)

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
Michael DeVitoBoard of Education President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare6.3min, at least3 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart5.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Christian CoppleBoard of Education Vice President · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.6min, at least2 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Beth Marie EvansBoard of Education Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.8min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Alex GradosBoard of Education Secretary · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share10.0min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Cole RegneryBoard of Education Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share3.8min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Nathaniel RussellBoard of Education Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.3min, at least3 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Alan ZantoutBoard of Education Member · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share4.6min, at least6 of 6meetings 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 8 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

My concern is with that there's a $5,000 premium for both hybrid— all the hybrid vans on the market, there'd be a $5,000 premium getting captain's chairs because the base model you can't get with captain's chairs. You can only get a bench.Alex GradosBoard of Education Secretary · Sycamore CUSD 427 Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 2:33:14
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance17%8%–28%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–6%
Public comment1%0%–3%
Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

    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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 25, 2026, heard from 2.

    2 on Aug 25, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.8 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 5 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 28Aug 25Aug 4Apr 28Mar 31Mar 3
    Nathaniel RussellNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Cole RegneryNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Beth Marie EvansNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Alan ZantoutNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresent
    Michael DeVitoNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Alex GradosNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Christian CoppleNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1738460 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district