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Tehachapi Unified Board of Trustees

8 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 32 min · 4,219 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026
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Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Paul Kaminski, President · Wayne Cooper, Trustee · Tracy Kelly, Vice President · Tyler Napier, Trustee · Cassandra Sweeney, Trustee · Jackie Wood, Clerk

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 32 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Tehachapi Unified assistant superintendent job description fails for lack of a secondSpeakers: Paul Kaminski, Tracy Kelly, Jackie Wood, Dana Christensen
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Special meeting · 1 h 30 minTuesday, July 28, 2026Speakers: Paul Kaminski, Tracy Kelly, Jackie Wood, Dana Christensen and 2 more
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Board meeting · 4 h 32 minTuesday, June 16, 2026Speakers: Paul Kaminski, Jackie Wood
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Board meeting · 3 h 16 minTuesday, May 12, 2026Chronic absenteeismAI in schoolsBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Paul Kaminski, Tracy Kelly, Jackie Wood, Dana Christensen and 1 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Feb 10, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat6 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.
Coverage: about 78% of members’ speaking time named (77%–79%)

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
Paul KaminskiPresident · Area: 6 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare35.5min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Tracy KellyVice President · Area: 1 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.2min, at least5 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Cassandra SweeneyTrustee · Area: 2 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.8min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Jackie WoodClerk · Area: 3 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.7min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Dana ChristensenTrustee · Area: 4 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.6min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Wayne CooperTrustee · Area: 5 · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Tyler NapierTrustee · Area: 7 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.5min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions 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
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%6%–20%
Public comment7%4%–11%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 37% 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; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on May 12, 2026, heard from 6.

    6 on May 12, 20266 speakers3 speakers2.9 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 6 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 8Jul 28Jun 16May 12Mar 10Feb 10
    Dana ChristensenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Paul KaminskiPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Tracy KellyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jackie WoodPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Wayne CooperPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Cassandra SweeneyNot shownNot shownNot shownNot shownNot shownNot shown
    Tyler NapierNot shownNot shownPresentPresentPresentNot shown

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0638880 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district