Elk River Public School District School Board

6 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · 14,352 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026: Board meeting, 17 min
Newest meeting we have: Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Mike Nordos, chair · John R. Anderson, director · Mindy Freiberg, clerk · Sarah Hamlin, treasurer · Monica Madsen, director · Shane Steinbrecher, Vice chair · Sara Weis, director

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 17 minMonday, September 21, 2026Speakers: Mike Nordos

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Board meeting · 37 minMonday, August 10, 2026Board member asks for September vote on league eligibility bylaw amendment letterSpeakers: Mike Nordos, Mindy Freiberg, Sarah Hamlin, John R. Anderson and 1 more

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Board meeting · 15 minMonday, July 13, 2026Speakers: Sara Weis

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Board meeting · 32 minTuesday, May 26, 2026

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Apr 13, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat5 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.

Coverage: about 68% 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

Mike Nordoschair · At Large · runs the meeting, not ranked4.7min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

John R. Andersondirector · At Large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.9min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Sarah Hamlintreasurer · At Large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.8min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Monica Madsendirector · At Large · 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

Shane SteinbrecherVice chair · At Large · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Mindy Freibergclerk · District 1 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.7min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Sara Weisdirector · District 2 · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.5min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions 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 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment9%0%–22%

Budget and finance8%0%–21%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–8%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 28% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 2 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 13, 2026, heard from 6.

6 on Apr 13, 20266 speakers3 speakers1.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 6 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 21	Aug 10	Jul 13	May 26	Apr 13
Shane Steinbrecher	Not recorded	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2711370 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district