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Blackhawk School District Board of School Directors

16 meetings on our record, 10 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 46 min · 2,353 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 17, 2026
Blackhawk board approves consent agenda as college in high school classes grow to 23Play 3:39
Newest meeting we have
Sep 17, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Carol Sprinker, President · Rachel Cline, Vice President · Chad Mcmillen, Board member · Matthew Shope, Treasurer · Elizabeth Smith, Board member · Adam VanZalinge, Secretary · Thomas Wire, Board member · Ryan Wissner, Board member · Mark Zachewicz, 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 · 14 minThursday, September 17, 2026Blackhawk board approves consent agenda as college in high school classes grow to 23
Play 3:39
Board meeting · 30 minThursday, September 10, 2026Blackhawk board advances finance items, including $202,103 school safety and mental health grantSpeakers: Matthew Shope, Adam VanZalinge, Mark Zachewicz, Elizabeth Smith
Play 18:21
Board meetingThursday, August 20, 2026Speakers: Rachel Cline, Ryan Wissner
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Special meeting · 22 minMonday, July 20, 2026Blackhawk board rejects railing bid, approves dishwasher replacementSpeakers: Matthew Shope, Adam VanZalinge, Mark Zachewicz
Play 16:27
The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 10 board meetings, Jan 8, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

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
Carol SprinkerPresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare0.0min, at least0 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Members · listed by seat
Rachel ClineVice President · We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least2 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Chad McmillenBoard member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted
Matthew ShopeTreasurerShare0.5min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Elizabeth SmithBoard member · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least2 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Adam VanZalingeSecretary · We could name only 15% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Thomas WireBoard member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted
Ryan WissnerBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Mark ZachewiczBoard member · We could name only 5% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 16 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%5%–21%
Ceremony and recognition3%0%–8%
Public comment1%0%–5%
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 16 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 11, 2026, heard from 2.

    2 on Jun 11, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.5 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 10 of the 16 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 17Sep 10Aug 20Jul 20Jun 11Mar 12Feb 19Feb 5Jan 15Jan 8
    Matthew ShopeNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Adam VanZalingePresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recorded
    Carol SprinkerPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Rachel ClineNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Chad McmillenPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recorded
    Mark ZachewiczPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Elizabeth SmithPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentNot recorded
    Ryan WissnerPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Thomas WirePresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4203688 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district