Goshen County School District #1 Board of Trustees

11 meetings on our record, 10 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 2 h 04 min · 1,636 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 8, 2026: Goshen County board approves 65 Wi-Fi clocks and policy revisions on first reading Play 42:49
Newest meeting we have: Sep 8, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Lena Moeller, Board Chairman · Chris Alexander, Board member · Sarah Chaires, Board Vice Chair · Tony Goulart, Board member · Dylan Hager, Board member · Wade Phipps, Board member · Val Sharp, Board member · Kate Steinbock, Board member · Kelly Strampe, 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 · 1 h 06 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Goshen County board approves 65 Wi-Fi clocks and policy revisions on first readingSpeakers: Chris Alexander, Val Sharp

Play 42:49

Board meeting · 37 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Goshen County school board approves cybersecurity training, security software and bus hood purchasesSpeakers: Sarah Chaires, Kate Steinbock

Play 19:02

Public hearing · 2 h 38 minTuesday, July 14, 2026Goshen County School District #1 board approves 26-27 budget and mill leviesSpeakers: Lena Moeller, Chris Alexander, Val Sharp, Kelly Strampe and 1 more

Play 1:45:36

Special meeting · 2 h 28 minThursday, June 25, 2026Speakers: Dylan Hager, Chris Alexander, Tony Goulart, Val Sharp and 1 more

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 10 board meetings, Dec 9, 2025 – Sep 8, 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

Lena MoellerBoard Chairman · runs the meeting, not ranked5.7min, at least2 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Sarah ChairesBoard Vice Chair · runs the meeting, not ranked2.2min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Chris AlexanderBoard member2.0min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Tony GoulartBoard member1.7min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Dylan HagerBoard member1.6min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Wade PhippsBoard 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

Val SharpBoard member3.2min, at least8 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Kate SteinbockBoard member1.6min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Kelly StrampeBoard member · We could name only 22% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.6min, at least2 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions 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 11 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance15%6%–27%

Public comment7%2%–11%

Ceremony and recognition1%0%–4%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 26% 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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 10; 4 had at least one. The busiest, on May 12, 2026, heard from 6.

6 on May 12, 20266 speakers3 speakers1.6 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 5602990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district