VashonIslandSchoolDistrict

01 — The big decision · Sep 24, 2026

Vashon Island school board approves absence and student release policy updates

Our pick of the year's biggest decision from the board's checked meeting summaries. Two AI readers each confirmed the motion and the outcome in the meeting's own transcript, and a third agreed.

02 — On our record · Nov 2025 to Sep 2026

6 meetings

The board met 6 times on our record, for at least 5 hours of meetings.

Hours are the meeting videos' own lengths; 1 of the 6 videos had no length we could read, so the hours are a floor. Meetings the district didn't post on video aren't here.

03 — The busiest night at the mic · Aug 27, 2026

6

6 members of the public spoke on August 27, 2026, one of the busiest nights we counted at this board.

Counted from the meeting video, never named or shown. Our count was within one person at 70 of 70 meetings we checked by a full read. 4 of the 7 meetings we counted here had a public speaker.

04 — Where the time went

at least 6%

Budget and finance took at least 6% of the board's meeting time (our count, 12%). At the typical board we timed, 10%.

• Budget and finance≥ 6%typical board ≥ 10%
• Public comment≥ 2%typical board ≥ 2%

Read from the transcripts of 7 board meetings, Nov 13, 2025 to Sep 24, 2026. Two AI readers split each meeting into topics and a stretch counts only where both agree, so every share is a floor.