North Newton School Corporation board

10 meetings on our record, 5 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 1,041 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 7, 2026: North Newton board approves director of guidance hire on 5 to 1 vote Play 16:33
Newest meeting we have: Oct 7, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Michael Mark, Board President · Tyson Bridgeman, Member · Melissa Dyer, Board Secretary · Tiffany Fox, Member · Diane Gonczy, Member · John Haas, Member · Samantha Hickel, Board Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 21 minWednesday, October 7, 2026North Newton board approves director of guidance hire on 5 to 1 voteBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Diane Gonczy

Play 16:33

Board meeting · 1 h 11 minWednesday, February 18, 2026North Newton board approves second reads of policies 6140, 6144, 6250 and 8420Speakers: Samantha Hickel, Tyson Bridgeman, Diane Gonczy, John Haas

Play 1:08:37

Board meeting · 1 h 05 minWednesday, February 4, 2026North Newton school board approves bus replacement planSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Samantha Hickel, Tyson Bridgeman, Diane Gonczy

Play 38:48

Board meeting · 48 minWednesday, January 7, 2026Speakers: Samantha Hickel, Tyson Bridgeman, Diane Gonczy

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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 5 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Oct 7, 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

Michael MarkBoard President · AT LARGE TOWNSHIP MEMBER · runs the meeting, not ranked0.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart13.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Samantha HickelBoard Vice President · LAKE TOWNSHIP MEMBER · runs the meeting, not ranked1.3min, at least4 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart0.6questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Diane GonczyMember · BEAVER TOWNSHIP MEMBER · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.5min, at least5 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least

John HaasMember · COLFAX TOWNSHIP MEMBER · Seated for 4 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 4meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Tyson BridgemanMember · JACKSON TOWNSHIP MEMBER · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.0min, at least3 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Melissa DyerBoard Secretary · LINCOLN TOWNSHIP MEMBER · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least0 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked—no question counted

Tiffany FoxMember · MCCLELLAN TOWNSHIP 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

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 10 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance10%5%–16%

Ceremony and recognition5%3%–7%

Public comment0%0%–1%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 17% 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 10 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 2 had at least one.

1 speaker1 speaker0.3 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 1807920 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district