Manheim Township School Board of Directors

27 meetings on our record, 4 of them from the past year and 23 with unconfirmed dates · 6,014 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 17, 2026: Manheim Township board approves Phase 2 construction contracts and PA system purchase Play 7:00
Newest meeting we have: Sep 17, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Patrick Grenter, Board President · JoAnn Hentz, Board Member · Jessica Kahler, Board Member · Cindy Lam, Board Member · Jessica McCardell, Board Member · Mike McKenna, Board Member · Ramón Rivera, Board Member · Sara Woodbury, Board Member · Shannon Zimmerman, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 44 minThursday, September 17, 2026Manheim Township board approves Phase 2 construction contracts and PA system purchaseSpeakers: Patrick Grenter, Shannon Zimmerman, JoAnn Hentz, Jessica Kahler and 2 more

Work session · 1 h 28 minThursday, September 10, 2026Board hears $593,989.77 PA system recommendation and maintenance facility bid resultsSpeakers: Patrick Grenter, JoAnn Hentz, Jessica Kahler, Cindy Lam and 2 more

Board meeting · 29 minThursday, August 20, 2026Speakers: JoAnn Hentz, Jessica Kahler, Cindy Lam, Jessica McCardell and 2 more

Board meeting · 46 minWednesday, May 20, 2026Speakers: Shannon Zimmerman, JoAnn Hentz, Jessica Kahler, Cindy Lam and 2 more

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 4 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingPatrick GrenterBoard President · shown, not ranked2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetings

Members · listed by nameJoAnn HentzBoard Member8meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 8 meetings · 1 clip Jessica KahlerBoard Member6meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 6 meetings Cindy LamBoard Member7meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 7 meetings Jessica McCardellBoard Member7meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 7 meetings Mike McKennaBoard Member7meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 7 meetings Ramón RiveraBoard Member8meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 8 meetings · 1 clip Sara WoodburyBoard Member7meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 7 meetings Shannon ZimmermanVice President5meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 5 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 27 meetings on our record

Clips

What board members said

I just asked, what would be the harm in waiting several years to do the feasibility studies, given that we are taking on a lot at this particular point in time, you know, would waiting really hurt our estimates that much?Ramón RiveraBoard Member · Manheim Township School Board of DirectorsWatch the full meeting from 1:24:16

I just think we have enough on our plates that it doesn't matter what we see unless we know a roof is caving in somewhere. I, I just don't see where money's going to come from to do any additional work. We need to worry about how this is going to get paid for.JoAnn HentzBoard Member · Manheim Township School Board of DirectorsWatch the full meeting from 1:22:49

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment9%0%–16%

Budget and finance6%0%–15%

Ceremony and recognition2%0%–6%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 20% 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 27 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 4 had at least one.

2 speakers1 speaker2.8 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 4214580 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district