Manitowoc School District Board of Education

7 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · 4,641 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 11, 2026: Board meeting, 54 min
Newest meeting we have: Aug 11, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Paul "Biff" Hansen, Board President · Christopher Able, Board member · Mary Lofy Blahnik, Board Vice President/Clerk · David Bowman, Board Treasurer · Ann Holsen, Board member · Keith Shaw, Board member · Kerry Trask, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 54 minTuesday, August 11, 2026Speakers: Mary Lofy Blahnik, David Bowman, Keith Shaw, Kerry Trask

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Special meeting · 37 minFriday, June 19, 2026Speakers: Paul "Biff" Hansen, Mary Lofy Blahnik, Keith Shaw, Kerry Trask and 1 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 21 minTuesday, June 9, 2026Speakers: Mary Lofy Blahnik, Keith Shaw, Christopher Able

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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 3 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingPaul "Biff" HansenBoard President · at-large · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting

Members · listed by nameChristopher AbleBoard member · at-large3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Mary Lofy BlahnikBoard Vice President/Clerk · at-large5meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 5 meetings David BowmanBoard Treasurer · at-large1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Ann HolsenBoard member · at-large—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Keith ShawBoard member · at-large4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Kerry TraskBoard member · at-large2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 7 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance13%3%–27%

Public comment1%0%–5%

Safety and discipline0%0%–26%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–26%

The two readers didn’t agree on 13% 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 7 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 3 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0.7 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 7 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Aug 11	Jun 19	Jun 9
Keith Shaw	Present	Present	Present
Kerry Trask	Present	Present	Not shown
Mary Lofy Blahnik	Present	Present	Present
Christopher Able	Not recorded	Present	Present
Paul "Biff" Hansen	Not recorded	Present	Present
David Bowman	Present	Not shown	Not recorded
Ann Holsen	Not recorded	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 5508610 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district