Unionville-Chadds Ford SD School District Board of School Directors

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 3,747 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026: Unionville-Chadds Ford board approves new principal for Charles F. Patton Middle School Play 34:22
Newest meeting we have: Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Victoria Baratta, President · Rashi Akki, Board member · Jody Allen, Board member · Susan Elks, Board member · Joe Everett, Board member · Sandra Litvin, Board member · Brian Schartz, Board member · Steve Simonson, Board member · Erin Talbert, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 44 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Unionville-Chadds Ford board approves new principal for Charles F. Patton Middle SchoolSpeakers: Erin Talbert, Rashi Akki, Jody Allen, Susan Elks and 2 more

Play 34:22

Work session · 2 h 29 minMonday, September 14, 2026Board reviews $10,000 bus driver sign-on bonus and healthcare consortium proposalSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Erin Talbert, Rashi Akki, Jody Allen, Susan Elks and 2 more

Play 49:02

Special meetingMonday, August 24, 2026Speakers: Steve Simonson

Watch

Board meeting · 58 minMonday, August 17, 2026Unionville-Chadds Ford board approves $2,302,307 for new middle school construction managerSpeakers: Erin Talbert, Rashi Akki, Jody Allen, Susan Elks and 2 more

Play 33:59

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Jun 15, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 53% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 53% of members’ speaking time named (38%–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

Victoria BarattaPresident · Region: B (Newlin, Pocopson, and Birmingham Townships) · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted

Members · listed by seat

Rashi AkkiBoard member · Region: A (East Marlborough & West Marlborough Townships) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.2min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Susan ElksBoard member · Region: A (East Marlborough Township & West Marlborough Township) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sandra LitvinBoard member · Region: B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships) · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Steve SimonsonBoard member · Region: B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.5min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Jody AllenBoard member · Region: C (Chadds Ford & Pennsbury Townships) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 88.8min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least

Brian SchartzBoard member · Region: C (Chadds Ford & Pennsbury Townships) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 83.2min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Erin TalbertVice President · Region: C (Chadds Ford and Pennsbury Townships) · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 82.7min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Joe EverettBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.1min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 6 meetings on our record

Clips

What Steve Simonson said on Sep 14, 2026

Is the most substantial plan to address our bus driver shortage that we've come up with in 12, 14 years, something like that. And, um, I think it addresses keeping the drivers we have and, and addresses the barriers that exist to bringing in new drivers.Steve SimonsonBoard member · Unionville-Chadds Ford SD School District Board of School Directors · Sep 14, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:44:01

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition4%0%–14%

Budget and finance3%0%–8%

Safety and discipline3%0%–9%

Public comment0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 34% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 14, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Sep 14, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 6 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 22	Sep 14	Aug 24	Aug 17	Jun 15
Erin Talbert	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown
Joe Everett	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sandra Litvin	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4224210 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district