Manchester Township School District board

12 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year · typical meeting 41 min · 2,926 students · 8 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 16, 2026: Manchester Township school board hears elementary school plan and health insurance update Play 39:51
Newest meeting we have: Sep 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Laura Wingler, President · Gloria Adkinson, Board member · Justine Beltran, Board member · Brian Guzman, Board member · George Cervenak III, Board member · Mike Kelliher, Vice President · Joel Merkin, Board member · Timothy Poss, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 48 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Manchester Township school board hears elementary school plan and health insurance updateChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Timothy Poss

Play 39:51

Board meeting · 13 minWednesday, August 19, 2026Manchester Township board hears district goals, health benefit update and opening dates

Play 1:16

Board meeting · 16 minWednesday, July 22, 2026Staff member reports projected 30-plus percent state health benefits increase

Play 7:23

Board meeting · 46 minTuesday, June 16, 2026

Watch

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Oct 30, 2025 – Sep 16, 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

Laura WinglerPresident · 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

Members · listed by seat

Joel MerkinBoard member · Lakehurst Representative · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.2min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Gloria AdkinsonBoard 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

Justine BeltranBoard 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

Brian GuzmanBoard 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

George Cervenak IIIBoard 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

Mike KelliherVice President · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Timothy PossBoard member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions 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 12 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition33%20%–45%

Budget and finance12%2%–27%

Public comment1%0%–3%

Safety and discipline0%0%–18%

The two readers didn’t agree on 34% 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 12 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 12; 3 had at least one. The busiest, on Jun 16, 2026, heard from 1.

1 on Jun 16, 20261 speaker1 speaker0.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 11 of the 12 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 16	Aug 19	Jul 22	Jun 16	May 20	Apr 29	Mar 25	Feb 18	Jan 21	Dec 17	Nov 25	Oct 30
Laura Wingler	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded
Mike Kelliher	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
George Cervenak III	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Gloria Adkinson	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded
Timothy Poss	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Justine Beltran	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Brian Guzman	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Joel Merkin	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 3409450 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district