Appleton Area School District board

20 meetings on our record, all with unconfirmed dates. Past year: — · 15,230 students · 6 members on our roster

Next · Monday, November 9, 2026: Time not posted · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: none with a confirmed date yet · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Kay S. Eggert, Board President · Nick Ross, Board Member and CESA 6 Representative · Edward A. Ruffolo, Treasurer · Kristine Sauter, Vice President · Pheng Thao, Clerk · Oliver Zornow, Board Member

Recent meetings

Meetings whose dates aren't confirmed yet

Date not confirmed yet · 2 h 14 minBoard meetingAppleton school board takes up short-term borrowing up to $15 million and $20 millionSpeakers: Kay S. Eggert, Edward A. Ruffolo, Nick Ross, Oliver Zornow

Play 21:40

Date not confirmed yet · 3 h 04 minBoard meetingAppleton staff present balanced preliminary 2026-2027 budget of $243,850,725Vouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Kay S. Eggert, Edward A. Ruffolo, Nick Ross, Oliver Zornow

Play 24:07

Date not confirmed yet · 1 h 27 minBoard meetingAppleton board takes up resolution on 2026-2027 educator compensation increaseSpeakers: Kay S. Eggert, Kristine Sauter, Edward A. Ruffolo, Nick Ross and 1 more

Play 1:08:45

Date not confirmed yet · 1 h 01 minBoard meetingSpeakers: Kay S. Eggert, Pheng Thao, Oliver Zornow

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatOur roster lists 6 of the 7 members on the district's own page.

Coverage: about 62% of members’ speaking time named (47%–76%)

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

Kay S. EggertBoard President · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Nick RossBoard Member and CESA 6 Representative · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Edward A. RuffoloTreasurer · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked3.1questions asked per meeting, at least

Kristine SauterVice President · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Pheng ThaoClerk · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Oliver ZornowBoard Member · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.6questions 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

Next meetingMonday, November 9, 2026Board of Education MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 20 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance21%14%–31%

Public comment2%1%–5%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–4%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 17% 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 19; 12 had at least one.

Federal district ID 5500390 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district