Union County Board of Education

8 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · 41,687 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 6, 2026: Union County school board honors Chairman Rev. Jimmy H. Bention, Sr. for service Play 9:15
Newest meeting we have: Oct 6, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Jimmy H. Bention, Sr., Chairman · Kathy Heintel, Board member · Matt Helms, Vice Chairman · John J. Kirkpatrick, IV, Board member · Sarah May, Board member · Joseph Morreale, Board member · Todd Price, Board member · Barry Tucker, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 02 minTuesday, October 6, 2026Union County school board honors Chairman Rev. Jimmy H. Bention, Sr. for serviceAI in schoolsReading and test scoresSpeakers: John J. Kirkpatrick, IV, Matt Helms, Jimmy H. Bention, Sr.

Committee meetingTuesday, September 22, 2026Speakers: Todd Price

Board meeting · 1 h 14 minWednesday, September 2, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: John J. Kirkpatrick, IV, Matt Helms, Jimmy H. Bention, Sr.

Board meeting · 58 minTuesday, August 4, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: John J. Kirkpatrick, IV

The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingJimmy H. Bention, Sr.Chairman · At-Large · shown, not ranked3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings

Members · listed by nameSandra GreeneBoard member · District 4—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Kathy HeintelBoard member · District 6—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Matt HelmsVice Chairman · District 22meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings John J. Kirkpatrick, IVBoard member · District 14meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Sarah MayBoard member · At-Large—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Joseph MorrealeBoard member · District 5—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Todd PriceBoard member · At-Large3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Barry TuckerBoard member · District 3—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 8 meetings on our record

Public comment

Of the 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Oct 6, 2026, heard from 7.

7 on Oct 6, 20267 speakers4 speakers2.8 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 2 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 6	Sep 22	Sep 2	Aug 4
John J. Kirkpatrick, IV	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sandra Greene	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Todd Price	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Matt Helms	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Barry Tucker	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Joseph Morreale	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Kathy Heintel	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Jimmy H. Bention, Sr.	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sarah May	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3704620 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district