Milan Area Schools Board

23 meetings on our record, 16 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 06 min · 1,861 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 30, 2026: Milan Area Schools board hears 25-26 assessment update from assistant superintendent Play 2:56
Newest meeting we have: Sep 30, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Thomas Faro, President · Gabriel Burdette, Member · Andrew Cislo, Member · Carrie Karvonen- Gutierrez, Vice President · Michelle Heikka, Treasurer · Sara Meray, Secretary · Cassie Prior, Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 2 h 20 minWednesday, September 30, 2026Milan Area Schools board hears 25-26 assessment update from assistant superintendentChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresSpeakers: Carrie Karvonen- Gutierrez, Michelle Heikka, Sara Meray, Andrew Cislo and 1 more

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Board meeting · 1 h 00 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Speakers: Andrew Cislo, Cassie Prior, Gabriel Burdette

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Board meeting · 28 minWednesday, August 26, 2026Phones in schoolSpeakers: Carrie Karvonen- Gutierrez, Sara Meray, Cassie Prior, Gabriel Burdette

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Board meeting · 2 h 30 minWednesday, August 12, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Carrie Karvonen- Gutierrez, Michelle Heikka, Andrew Cislo, Cassie Prior and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 16 board meetings, Dec 10, 2025 – Sep 30, 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

Thomas FaroPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked2.9min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Cassie PriorMember · runs the meeting, not ranked1.7min, at least13 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Gabriel BurdetteMember1.3min, at least14 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Andrew CisloMember1.0min, at least10 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Carrie Karvonen- GutierrezVice President2.7min, at least13 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.9questions asked per meeting, at least

Michelle HeikkaTreasurer1.3min, at least6 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Sara MeraySecretary1.7min, at least9 of 16meetings 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 23 meetings on our record

Clips

What Thomas Faro said on Jul 8, 2026

My understanding is that we provided— we had communication with them since March wanting to confirm the calendar, and we are now in the month of July and we still have not heard from the MEA.Thomas FaroPresident · Milan Area Schools Board · Jul 8, 2026Watch the full meeting from 24:51

On the map · Phones in school

June 24, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 2 of its meetings.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Safety and discipline12%0%–30%

Budget and finance9%3%–18%

Public comment4%1%–9%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–2%

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 23 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 19; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 28, 2026, heard from 9.

9 on Jan 28, 20269 speakers5 speakers1.3 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 12 of the 23 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 30	Sep 9	Aug 26	Aug 12	Jul 8	Jun 24	May 19	May 6	Apr 22	Apr 8	Mar 11	Feb 25	Feb 11	Jan 28	Dec 17	Dec 10
Thomas Faro	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Carrie Karvonen- Gutierrez	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sara Meray	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Gabriel Burdette	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Michelle Heikka	Not shown	Not shown	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not shown	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Andrew Cislo	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded
Cassie Prior	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 2623850 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district