Willis Independent School District Board of Trustees

7 meetings on our record, 6 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 1 h 25 min · 8,974 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 2, 2026: Willis ISD board approves $973,080 purchase of weapons detection systems Play 5:14
Newest meeting we have: Oct 2, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Kyle Hoegemeyer, Board President · Scott Carson, Board member · Chad Jones, Secretary · Nikita Lagway, Board member · Charles Perry, Sr., Board member · Paulett Traylor, Vice President · Cliff Williams, Board member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 18 minFriday, October 2, 2026Willis ISD board approves $973,080 purchase of weapons detection systemsSpeakers: Chad Jones

Play 5:14

Board meeting · 2 h 10 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Willis ISD board approves House Bill 3 goals and campus improvement plansReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Paulett Traylor, Cliff Williams, Chad Jones

Play 1:20:29

Board meeting · 1 h 15 minWednesday, June 10, 2026Willis ISD board approves 2026-2027 compensation plan estimated at $2.58 millionReading and test scoresSpeakers: Nikita Lagway, Paulett Traylor, Cliff Williams, Chad Jones

Play 1:12:15

Board meeting · 1 h 05 minWednesday, May 13, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Scott Carson, Cliff Williams, Chad Jones

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 6 board meetings, Mar 18, 2026 – Oct 2, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

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

Kyle HoegemeyerBoard President · Position 4 · 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

Nikita LagwayBoard member · Position 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Paulett TraylorVice President · Position 2 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Scott CarsonBoard member · Position 3 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Cliff WilliamsBoard member · Position 5 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Charles Perry, Sr.Board member · Position 6 · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Chad JonesSecretary · Position 7 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.6min, at least6 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions 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 7 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance9%5%–14%

Ceremony and recognition4%2%–8%

Public comment2%0%–4%

Safety and discipline2%0%–5%

The two readers didn’t agree on 36% 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 7 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 22, 2026, heard from 2.

2 on Apr 22, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.7 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 6 of the 7 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Oct 2	Sep 9	Jun 10	May 13	Apr 22	Mar 18
Chad Jones	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Nikita Lagway	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Paulett Traylor	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Scott Carson	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Kyle Hoegemeyer	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present
Cliff Williams	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Charles Perry, Sr.	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4845900 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district