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Yakima School District Board of Directors

20 meetings on our record, 8 of them from the past year and 12 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 23 min · 15,545 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 5, 2026
Yakima School Board approves superintendent travel to conference in Durham, North CarolinaPlay 59:35
Newest meeting we have
Oct 5, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Ryan Beckett, Vice President · Raymond Navarro, Jr., Board member · Pam Shelton, 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

Board meeting · 1 h 11 minMonday, October 5, 2026Yakima School Board approves superintendent travel to conference in Durham, North CarolinaSpeakers: Norm Walker, Raymond Navarro, Jr., Martha Rice
Play 59:35
Board meeting · 1 h 34 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Yakima School Board approves one-year paraeducator agreement and food purchasesChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Ryan Beckett, Martha Rice
Play 1:27:32
Board meeting · 31 minMonday, August 31, 2026Yakima School Board takes roll call vote on office professionals contractSpeakers: Norm Walker, Martha Rice
Play 23:36
Board meeting · 1 h 48 minTuesday, July 28, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSpeakers: Norm Walker, Raymond Navarro, Jr., Martha Rice
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 8 board meetings, Mar 2, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat1 members were seated for fewer than 8 board meetings on our record, leaving 3 to compare; we rank at 4.
Coverage: about 83% of members’ speaking time named (67%–84%)

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
Norm WalkerPresident and WIAA Representative · Position 3 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare11.4min, at least7 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Pam SheltonBoard member · Position 1 · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.5min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Ryan BeckettVice President · Position 2Share1.8min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Raymond Navarro, Jr.Board member · Position 4Share1.0min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Martha RiceLegislative Representative · Position 5Share4.5min, at least6 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.2questions 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 20 meetings on our record
Clips

What Raymond Navarro, Jr. said

I saw a list of like 3 mechanics. Is there like a special technician that works on the electric buses, or Are the mechanics cross-trained in that area, or how do they— how are they maintained?Raymond Navarro, Jr.Board member · Yakima School District Board of DirectorsWatch the full meeting from 31:55
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition9%2%–19%
Budget and finance8%1%–18%
Public comment3%0%–7%
Safety and discipline0%0%–21%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 29% 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 20 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on May 20, 2026, heard from 7.

    7 on May 20, 20267 speakers4 speakers1.1 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 8 of the 20 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 5Sep 15Aug 31Jul 28May 20Mar 30Mar 17Mar 2
    Martha RicePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Norm WalkerPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Pam SheltonNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shown
    Ryan BeckettNot shownPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Raymond Navarro, Jr.PresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5310110 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district