Melinda Rogers
Board member, district 5, Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Heard at 13 board meetings; spoke longest on Jul 15, 2026: at least 33 minutes.
13 of 14board meetings heard, of those held while seated; plus 3 with no confirmed date
11.1minutes speaking per meeting, at least (the speech named so far)
1st–4thof 9 on the board by minutes
6.9questions asked per meeting, at least (97 in 14 meetings)
Present at the roll call of 14 dated board meetings.
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What Melinda Rogers said
Miss Rogers, thank you so much for this presentation. Um, as an educator, I firmly believe that if students, um, don't have their basic needs met, um, they're not going to be able to learn.Melinda RogersBoard member · Virginia Beach School BoardWatch the full meeting from 19:20
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 5:49:50I 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
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