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Linn-Mar Community School District Board of Directors

8 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 3 with unconfirmed dates · 7,536 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026
Linn-Mar board approves fiscal year 2026 certified annual reportPlay 56:43
Newest meeting we have
Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Katie Lowe Lancaster, President · Barry Buchholz, Board Member · Justin Foss, Vice President · Evan Langston, Board Member · Midhat Mansoor, Board Member · Brittania Morey, Board Member · Laura Thomas, Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 08 minMonday, September 28, 2026Linn-Mar board approves fiscal year 2026 certified annual reportSpeakers: Justin Foss, Barry Buchholz, Evan Langston, Midhat Mansoor and 1 more
Play 56:43
Board meeting · 1 h 48 minMonday, May 11, 2026School board approves sale of $28,125,000 in general obligation school capital loan notesSpeakers: Justin Foss, Barry Buchholz, Evan Langston, Midhat Mansoor and 2 more
Play 1:28:03
Board meeting · 1 h 59 minMonday, April 13, 2026Speakers: Katie Lowe Lancaster, Justin Foss, Barry Buchholz, Evan Langston and 2 more
Watch
Board meeting · 1 h 05 minMonday, March 30, 2026Speakers: Justin Foss, Barry Buchholz, Evan Langston, Midhat Mansoor and 1 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Feb 23, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seat5 board meetings on our record; we rank members seated for 8.
Coverage: about 62% of members’ speaking time named (44%–64%)

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
Katie Lowe LancasterPresident · runs the meeting, not rankedShare2.3min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Justin FossVice President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare2.7min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart2.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Barry BuchholzBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.5min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Evan LangstonBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.3min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Midhat MansoorBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.0min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Brittania MoreyBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share10.5min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Laura ThomasBoard Member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share2.8min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions 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 8 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%4%–26%
Ceremony and recognition5%1%–11%
Public comment0%0%–2%
Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 18% 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 8 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 1 had at least one. The busiest, on May 11, 2026, heard from 2.

    2 on May 11, 20262 speakers1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 5 of the 8 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 28May 11Apr 13Mar 30Feb 23
    Midhat MansoorPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Justin FossPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Barry BuchholzPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Laura ThomasPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Evan LangstonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Katie Lowe LancasterPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Brittania MoreyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1917220 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district