Agendas & Minutes

Introduction

The Board of Education holds regular meetings the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM. In addition, the Board holds several Special Board of Education meetings each year, as well as committee and subcommittee meetings.

All regular Board of Education meetings are recorded.

The November 12th Special Meeting and the November 18th Meeting*

will be held at the Niel Tam Educational Center (2060 Challenger Drive).

Please see agendas for start times.

* For all Special Board of Education meetings, public comment is limited to items listed on the agenda.

NovusAgenda page

All AUSD Board agendas, minutes, and videos are available on our NovusAgenda page.

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Upcoming Meetings

* Board agenda items listed are tentative until agenda is published.

November 12, 2025 Special Board of Education Meeting (Niel Tam Educational Center)

The agenda for this meeting is now available at the NovusAgenda Page link above. The public portion of this meeting will begin at 5:30pm in the Marina Conference Room at the Niel Tam Educational Center (2060 Challenger Drive).

Following the recent resignation of Board Member Meleah Hall, there is now one vacant seat on the Board of Education. Under California Education Code, the Board had two options for filling the vacancy:

Holding a special election, or
Appointing a qualified community member to serve for the remainder of the term.

At its September 30th regular meeting, the Board voted unanimously to fill the vacancy through the appointment process. This means the Board will select and appoint a new member to serve until November 2026, when Ms. Hall’s original term would have ended.

Applications for the open seat were made available to the public on October 3rd , and were due by 5:00 p.m. on October 13th .

A total of six community members applied (listed alphabetically):

Joyce Boyd
Tyler Gamble
Carrie Hahnel
Philip Hu
Timothy McQuillan
Evan Schwimmer

After confirming that all applicants met the eligibility requirements* to serve, Board President Gary K. Lym reviewed the applications and two candidates were selected to attend the November 12th Special Board meeting, where they will be interviewed publicly by the current Board.

The two candidates selected to be interviewed by the full Board are:

Carrie Hahnel
Philip Hu

Their applications (personal information is redacted) for the Board vacancy are attached to the Board meeting agenda.

Following opening statements from the candidates, the Board will discuss and deliberate with the goal of selecting one candidate for provisional appointment to the vacant seat.

The selected candidate will be officially sworn in at the Board’s regular meeting on November 18, 2025.

* Eligibility to serve includes being a registered voter and resident within the Alameda Unified School District boundaries.

November 18, 2025 Board of Education Workshop on Budget (Niel Tam Educational Center)

December 9, 2025 Board of Education Meeting (City Hall)

Remote Participation

Attending and Making Comments via Zoom (computer or device)
Making Public Comments by Telephone

Attending and Making Comments via Zoom (computer or device)

1. Make sure you are using the most current version of the Zoom app or an updated web browser. (Certain functionalities may be disabled if the app or browser are not updated.)

2. Register for the meeting at the Zoom registration link .

3. Click "raise hand" when you wish to speak on an item and click "unmute" once you have been asked to speak.

4. Raised hands will be acknowledged until public comments start on the agenda item. Once public comments start, additional raised hands will not be accommodated.

5. Speaker time will be determined by number of speakers for each agenda item. Time will range from 1.5 minutes to 3 minutes per speaker.

6. Speaking time will be announced at the start of public comments for each item. Speakers may cede time to another person but the most time any one speaker will have is 4 minutes.

7. Speakers ceding time to another speaker must be present on Zoom in order to cede time.

Making Public Comments by Telephone

1. Call 669-900-9128

2. Enter Zoom Meeting ID: 892 1582 9256.

3. Dial *9 to raise your hand when you wish to speak on an item.

4. Dial *6 to unmute once you have been asked to speak.

5. Speakers will be allowed to make their statement for up to 3 minutes, depending on the number of speakers who wish to make a comment.

6. Raised hands will be acknowledged until public comments start on the agenda item. Once public comments start, additional raised hands will not be accommodated.

In Person Participation

Attending and Making Public Comments

Attending and Making Public Comments

1. The meeting location will be listed at the top of the agenda.

2. Please submit a speaker slip if you wish to make comment during the meeting.

3. Speaker slips will be accepted until public comments start on the agenda item. Once public comments start, additional speaker slips will not be accommodated.

4. Speaker time will be determined by number of speakers for each agenda item. Time will range from 1 minute to 3 minutes per speaker.

5. Speaking time will be announced at the start of public comments for each item. Speakers may cede time to another person but the most time any one speaker will have is 4 minutes.

6. Speakers ceding time to another speaker must be in attendance at meeting in order to cede time.

Contact

Kerri Lonergan

Senior Executive Assistant
510-337-7187

klonergan@alamedaunified.org

Email Notification of Board Meetings

Board Meeting Dates for 2025

Board Meeting Format

Board meetings are now being held both in person in the Council Chambers at City Hall (3rd floor of 2263 Santa Clara Avenue) and remotely. AUSD encourages public participation, and community members are welcome to attend and comment either in person or remotely. Please see the instructions below for step-by-step directions on viewing and commenting at Board meetings both in-person and remotely.

Regular Board of Education meetings held at City Hall are livestreamed on the City of Alameda website:

City of Alameda’s Live Video Broadcast page.