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North Ridgeville School Board

24 meetings on our record, 13 of them from the past year and 11 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 31 min · 4,519 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026
North Ridgeville staff update board on bus app, route times and driver shortagePlay 1:33
Newest meeting we have
Sep 15, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Frank Vacha, Board President · Jeff Grigsby, Board member · Kelly McCarthy, Board Vice President · Andrew Wampleman, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 03 minTuesday, September 15, 2026North Ridgeville staff update board on bus app, route times and driver shortageSpeakers: Jeff Grigsby, Kelly McCarthy
Play 1:33
Board meeting · 28 minTuesday, September 1, 2026North Ridgeville officials apologize for transportation problems as parents raise busing concernsSpeakers: Jeff Grigsby, David Hanes
Play 0:57
Board meeting · 40 minTuesday, August 18, 2026Budget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Kelly McCarthy, David Hanes
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Board meeting · 29 minTuesday, August 4, 2026
Watch
The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 13 board meetings, Nov 10, 2025 – Sep 15, 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
Frank VachaBoard President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare0.0min, at least0 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Members · listed by seat
Jeff GrigsbyBoard member · We could name only 24% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.3min, at least4 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
David HanesBoard memberShare0.6min, at least6 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Kelly McCarthyBoard Vice PresidentShare0.7min, at least8 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Andrew WamplemanBoard member · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share0.3min, at least1 of 5meetings 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 24 meetings on our record
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Ceremony and recognition22%12%–34%
Budget and finance9%2%–17%
Public comment6%2%–12%
Safety and discipline0%0%–12%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 22% 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 19; 5 had at least one. The busiest, on Sep 15, 2026, heard from 4.

    4 on Sep 15, 20264 speakers2 speakers0.6 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 12 of the 24 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 15Sep 1Aug 18Aug 4Jul 21Jul 7Jun 2May 5Mar 17Feb 17Jan 20Dec 16Nov 10
    David HanesPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Frank VachaNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kelly McCarthyPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jeff GrigsbyPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Andrew WamplemanPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3904453 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district