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Athens Area School District Board of Education

10 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · 2,042 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 11, 2026
Athens Area board hears proposed timeline for potential SRU Elementary closurePlay 1:02:20
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Aug 11, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Michael Owen, President · Dustin Bishop, Board member · John Cheresnowsky, Board member · Charles Frisbie, Board member · Jason Johnson, Board member · Christopher Jones, Board member · Kathy Jo Minnick, Vice-President · Natalie Smart, Treasurer · Jay White, Board member

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What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 49 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Athens Area board hears proposed timeline for potential SRU Elementary closureAI in schoolsVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Kathy Jo Minnick, Natalie Smart, Charles Frisbie, Christopher Jones and 2 more
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Board meeting · 2 h 27 minMonday, June 15, 2026Athens Area board takes up $47,262,473 final budget with 5.1% tax increaseBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentSpeakers: Christopher Jones, John Cheresnowsky, Dustin Bishop
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Board meeting · 39 minTuesday, February 10, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Kathy Jo Minnick, Dustin Bishop, Jason Johnson
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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 3 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingMichael OwenPresident · III · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting
Members · listed by nameDustin BishopBoard member · II4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetingsJohn CheresnowskyBoard member · II2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetingsCharles FrisbieBoard member · I1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meetingJason JohnsonBoard member · III4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetingsChristopher JonesBoard member · I4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetingsKathy Jo MinnickVice-President · III4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetingsNatalie SmartTreasurer · I2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetingsJay WhiteBoard member · II3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings
Meetings on our record
All 10 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance16%7%–27%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–7%
Public comment1%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–23%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 27% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 9; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on Feb 10, 2026, heard from 2.

    2 on Feb 10, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.2 a meeting on average

    Federal district ID 4202670 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district