Manchester Community Schools board

4 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · 1,411 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Mar 10, 2026: Board meeting, 46 min
Newest meeting we have: Mar 10, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Michael Hensley, School Board President · Rick Espeset, School Board Vice President · Kasy Fierstos, School Board Member · Fred Orr, School Board Member · Adam Penrod, School Board Member · Brian Ramer, School Board Secretary · Miriah Tobias, School Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 46 minTuesday, March 10, 2026Chronic absenteeismPhones in schoolReading and test scoresVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Rick Espeset, Fred Orr, Adam Penrod

Board meeting · 26 minThursday, November 6, 2025

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 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingMichael HensleySchool Board President · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by nameRick EspesetSchool Board Vice President1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Kasy FierstosSchool Board Member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Fred OrrSchool Board Member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Adam PenrodSchool Board Member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Brian RamerSchool Board Secretary—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Miriah TobiasSchool Board Member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 4 meetings on our record

On the map · Phones in school

March 10, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

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

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Federal district ID 1806270 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district