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Virginia Beach School Board

24 meetings on our record, 14 of them from the past year and 10 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 3 h 08 min · 64,986 students · 11 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026
Board meeting, 3 h 58 min
Next · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
School Board Room, School Administration Building #6, 2512 George Mason Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have
Sep 22, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Mark Bohenstiel, Board member · Kathleen Brown, Board member · Michael Callan, Board member · David Culpepper, Board member · Matt Cummings, Board member · Rose Dwyer, Board member · Sharon Felton, Board member · Alveta J. Green, Board member · Kimberly A. Melnyk, Board member · Melinda Rogers, Board member · Carolyn D. Weems, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 58 minTuesday, September 22, 2026AI in schoolsSpeakers: Kathleen Brown, Carolyn D. Weems, Mark Bohenstiel, Michael Callan and 2 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 47 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Speakers: Kathleen Brown, Carolyn D. Weems, Michael Callan, David Culpepper and 2 more
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Work session · 4 h 39 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Chronic absenteeismSpeakers: Kathleen Brown, Carolyn D. Weems, Mark Bohenstiel, David Culpepper and 2 more
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Work session · 7 h 41 minTuesday, July 14, 2026AI in schoolsSpeakers: Kathleen Brown, Carolyn D. Weems, Mark Bohenstiel, David Culpepper and 2 more
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Who does the talking

No one member stands apart on the Virginia Beach City Public Schools board: 4 of the 9 members we rank could rank first

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 14 board meetings, Feb 10, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

A ranking, with its marginEach rank is a 90% range across 14 resampled meetings, so "2nd–4th" means the data can't place them more exactly. The ranges may widen as we name more of the speech.
Coverage: about 86% of members’ speaking time named (69%–87%)

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
—Kathleen BrownBoard member · District 10 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare13.0min, at least14 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · ranked by minutes per meeting
1st–4thMelinda RogersBoard member · District 5Share11.1min, at least13 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated23%of the members’ talking · 14%–31%6.9questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–9thKimberly A. MelnykBoard member · District 2Share7.9min, at least10 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated16%of the members’ talking · 12%–20%3.0questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–5thMatt CummingsBoard member · District 7Share7.2min, at least12 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated15%of the members’ talking · 11%–19%4.8questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–8thCarolyn D. WeemsBoard member · District 9Share5.9min, at least14 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated12%of the members’ talking · 9%–16%2.2questions asked per meeting, at least
2nd–5thAlveta J. GreenBoard member · District 4Share5.9min, at least12 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated12%of the members’ talking · 9%–16%2.3questions asked per meeting, at least
4th–9thSharon FeltonBoard member · At-LargeShare3.1min, at least10 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated6%of the members’ talking · 5%–10%1.5questions asked per meeting, at least
4th–9thDavid CulpepperBoard member · District 8Share2.5min, at least12 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated5%of the members’ talking · 4%–9%3.2questions asked per meeting, at least
4th–9thRose DwyerBoard member · District 1Share2.3min, at least10 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated4%of the members’ talking · 3%–9%1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
5th–9thMichael CallanBoard member · District 6Share1.6min, at least8 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated3%of the members’ talking · 2%–7%0.9questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · not ranked
—Mark BohenstielBoard member · District 3 · We could name only 24% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.6min, at least9 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions 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 · line = our margin: members whose lines overlap may sit in either order · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
Next meetingTuesday, November 10, 2026School Board Room, School Administration Building #6, 2512 George Mason Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23456School Board MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29
All 24 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

One of the overwhelming issues that our staff has requested is to switch to an hours-based calendar. We are 210 hours over the state requirement with hours.Melinda RogersBoard member · Virginia Beach School Board · Jul 14, 2026Watch the full meeting from 5:49:50
  • I noticed that funding for unpaid student meal debt has come off and gone to zero. What happened there?Melinda RogersBoard member · Virginia Beach School BoardWatch the full meeting from 43:07
  • I have never in my time as a board member felt so frustrated when more than half of the board has asked for information related to the impacts, how it could be done, seen so much pushback. …Kathleen BrownBoard member · Virginia Beach School BoardWatch the full meeting from 2:06:48
On the map · Phones in school

April 28, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance11%5%–21%
Public comment7%4%–11%
Safety and discipline2%0%–7%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–4%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 14% 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 24 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 17; 10 had at least one.

    10 speakers5 speakers4.1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 14 of the 24 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 22Aug 11Jul 15Jul 14Jun 23Jun 8May 26May 12Apr 28Apr 14Mar 24Mar 10Feb 17Feb 10
    Kimberly A. MelnykNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Matt CummingsPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Rose DwyerPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Alveta J. GreenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Sharon FeltonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    David CulpepperPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Melinda RogersPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Carolyn D. WeemsPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Michael CallanPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kathleen BrownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Mark BohenstielNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5103840 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district