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Mukwonago School District School Board

24 meetings on our record, 15 of them from the past year and 9 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 17 min · 4,918 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 21, 2026
Mukwonago school board approves budget amendment and bus surveillance policyPlay 1:11:08
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Sep 21, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Jason Bennett, Board member · Crosby Bugenhagen, Board member · Michael Guch, Board member · Jake Heiligenthal, Board member · James Olsson, Board member · Micah Roberts, Board member · Eric Schwartz, Board member · Carolyn Simon, Board member · Craig Vertz, Board member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 17 minMonday, September 21, 2026Mukwonago school board approves budget amendment and bus surveillance policyReading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael Guch, Jason Bennett, Eric Schwartz, Micah Roberts and 1 more
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Committee meeting · 3 h 00 minMonday, September 14, 2026Speakers: Eric Schwartz, Micah Roberts, Craig Vertz, Carolyn Simon and 1 more
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Public hearing · 3 h 25 minMonday, August 17, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Michael Guch, Jason Bennett, Micah Roberts, Craig Vertz
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Board meeting · 1 h 22 minMonday, July 20, 2026Speakers: Micah Roberts
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 15 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 35% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.
Coverage: about 35% of members’ speaking time named (13%–63%)

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
Craig VertzBoard member · West Region · runs the meeting, not rankedShare0.9min, at least9 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Jake HeiligenthalBoard member · At Large · We could name only 4% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, at least2 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Eric SchwartzBoard member · At Large · We could name only 9% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least6 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Carolyn SimonBoard member · At Large · We could name only 6% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least5 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Crosby BugenhagenBoard member · Central Region · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.5min, at least9 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.9questions asked per meeting, at least
Micah RobertsBoard member · Central Region · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least4 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Michael GuchBoard member · East Region · We could name only 14% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.5min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.8questions asked per meeting, at least
James OlssonBoard member · East Region · We could name only 0% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.0min, at least0 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Jason BennettBoard member · West Region · We could name only 6% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least5 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions 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 24 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

This is becoming a lot more common in the private sector. I see this a lot where companies are dropping their pre-employment drug screening or drug testing at all, really. Um, I mean, I work in the tech space and they do virtually no drug testing at all. So it is, it is becoming significantly more common.Crosby BugenhagenBoard member · Mukwonago School District School Board · Sep 14, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:00:59
I just had one other question before we started interrupting your entire presentation. Um, I think it's on slide 6 for special education. You had mentioned that there's about 22% of our student population that receives some form of special education. Is that high? That seems high.Crosby BugenhagenBoard member · Mukwonago School District School Board · Jun 15, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:07:41
On the map · Phones in school

February 16, 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

Budget and finance12%9%–16%
Public comment10%2%–17%
Safety and discipline4%1%–9%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–3%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 30% 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 24 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 17; 7 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 19, 2026, heard from 21.

    21 on Jan 19, 202621 speakers11 speakers3.6 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 14 of the 24 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 21Sep 14Aug 17Jul 20Jun 15Jun 8May 11Mar 23Feb 16Feb 9Jan 19Jan 12Dec 8Nov 17Nov 10
    Eric SchwartzPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Crosby BugenhagenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresent
    Craig VertzPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Michael GuchPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Jason BennettNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Micah RobertsPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Carolyn SimonPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    James OlssonPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Jake HeiligenthalPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5510060 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district