Groveport Madison Local School District School Board

20 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 19 with unconfirmed dates · 6,239 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 7, 2026: Groveport Madison school board approves classified personnel items at special meeting Play 5:36
Newest meeting we have: Aug 7, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Kathleen Walsh, President · LaToya Dowdell-Burger, Board member · Dionna Herbert, Vice President · John Kershner, Board member · Ashley Zimmer, Board member

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Special meeting · 39 minFriday, August 7, 2026Groveport Madison school board approves classified personnel items at special meeting

Play 5:36

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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingKathleen WalshPresident · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting

Members · listed by nameLaToya Dowdell-BurgerBoard member1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting Dionna HerbertVice President2meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 2 meetings · 1 clip John KershnerBoard member5meetings where we identified their voice3clipsnamed at 5 meetings · 3 clips Ashley ZimmerBoard member3meetings where we identified their voice2clipsnamed at 3 meetings · 2 clips

Meetings on our record

All 20 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I was suggesting, I was suggesting if we have 4 officers, how can we make it more diverse and how can we have, but how can we have better oversight and control?John KershnerBoard member · Groveport Madison Local School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:11:35

I don't want to see teachers cut. I want to see a preschool closed. …Ashley ZimmerBoard member · Groveport Madison Local School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:19:05
Just for my personal opinion, I don't think it's appropriate to have executive session when we have guests here doing a work session. …Ashley ZimmerBoard member · Groveport Madison Local School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 24:45
This is about adding a student representative to the board. They do not go into executive session. They do not have a vote, but they do have a voice.Dionna HerbertVice President · Groveport Madison Local School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 1:00:09
You know, if our goal is to balance the budget and we simply say balance the budget and we don't address any particular way that we want the balance the budget balance, that creates such a vague goal.John KershnerBoard member · Groveport Madison Local School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 55:45

Public comment

Of the 20 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 2 had at least one.

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 20 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 7
Kathleen Walsh	Present
Dionna Herbert	Present
John Kershner	Present
Ashley Zimmer	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3904697 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district