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Kiski Area School District BOARD OF DIRECTORS

14 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 34 min · 3,324 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026
Kiski Area board approves finance and bills agenda itemsPlay 4:01
Newest meeting we have
Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Jenna Rowe, President · Cheri Croney, Board member · Amy Halter, Board member · Stephanie Jankowski, Board member · Nicole Kamer, Board member · Melissa Kowalkowski, Board member · Steven Litz, Board member · Christina Mease, Board member · Dawn Mellinger, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 15 minMonday, September 21, 2026Kiski Area board approves finance and bills agenda itemsSpeakers: Cheri Croney, Steven Litz, Christina Mease, Dawn Mellinger and 1 more
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Board meeting · 38 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Speakers: Steven Litz, Christina Mease
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Board meeting · 17 minMonday, August 17, 2026AI in schoolsSpeakers: Melissa Kowalkowski, Cheri Croney, Amy Halter, Dawn Mellinger
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Board meeting · 24 minWednesday, August 12, 2026Phones in schoolSpeakers: Stephanie Jankowski, Amy Halter, Dawn Mellinger
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Feb 11, 2026 – Sep 21, 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
Jenna RowePresident · II · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Dawn MellingerVice President · III · runs the meeting, not rankedShare1.0min, at least7 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Cheri CroneyBoard member · I · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Amy HalterBoard member · IIIShare0.8min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Nicole KamerBoard member · III · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least4 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Steven LitzBoard member · IIShare0.4min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Christina MeaseBoard member · II · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least3 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Stephanie JankowskiBoard member · I · We could name only 27% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least5 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Melissa KowalkowskiBoard member · IShare0.4min, at least6 of 11meetings 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 14 meetings on our record
On the map · Phones in school

February 11, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 3 of its meetings. A faint dot on the map: we had read too few of its earlier meetings to call it new.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance8%2%–16%
Public comment4%1%–8%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–6%
Safety and discipline0%0%–17%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 36% 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 14 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on Feb 16, 2026, heard from 4.

    4 on Feb 16, 20264 speakers2 speakers0.8 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 14 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 21Sep 16Aug 17Aug 12Jul 15Jun 15Jun 10May 18Mar 11Feb 16Feb 11
    Dawn MellingerPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jenna RoweNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Melissa KowalkowskiPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recorded
    Cheri CroneyPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Stephanie JankowskiPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Steven LitzPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Christina MeasePresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Amy HalterNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Nicole KamerPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4212840 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district