St. Helena Unified School District

• Laura Symon, President 
• Lisa Pelosi, Vice President
• Shawn Moura, Clerk,
• Jeannie Kerr, Trustee
• Jeanmarie Wolf, Trustee

For more information about your school board members and their contact info, please Click here to visit the webpage.

The Ralph M. Brown Act is a law that guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies. Click here to visit the webpage to read more about it.

• Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month.  Open session begins at 6 pm.  
• The Meeting calendar can be found if you Click here to visit the webpage
• School boards are required to hold their meetings in public setting. The business of the board is to be conducted in public, however, the board meeting is not a meeting with the public. Interactions of the board with the public are limited by the Brown Act.

The role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities. Boards fulfill this role by performing five major responsibilities:

• Setting direction
• Establishing an effective and efficient structure
• Providing support
• Ensuring accountability
• Providing community leadership as advocates for children, the school district and public schools

-- California School Boards Association

There are several ways to participate in a school board meeting. You can attend a meeting in person at the district office in the Vintage Hall Board Room. If you cannot attend in person, please learn more about how to participate virtually by Clicking here to visit the webpage. 

Additionally, all board meetings are recorded and available for viewing. See past meetings by Clicking here to visit the webpage.

Public comments are accepted at the start of closed session, the start of open session and for most agenda items.  Comments are limited to 3 minutes in length.  If you would like more information about general public comments, comments on agendized items, and meeting conduct please Click here to visit the webpage.

The school board represents the community; therefore it needs to respect input from the community. The school board wants to be in touch with the community and know what is important to its members. Community members need to feel they are being listened to and heard. The school board wants to be consistent in the way it responds to community concerns. For more information about school board protocol guidelines, please refer to Responding to Community/Staff Concerns or Complaints from the SHUSD Governance Handbook.

SHUSD protocol states that the Board president responds to correspondence on behalf of the board. It is important for community members to know that no one board member holds any individual authority to act or speak for the entire board. Click here to visit the webpage to read more.

Board Policies of the St. Helena Unified School District are available Click here to visit the webpage.