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Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education

20 meetings on our record, 12 of them from the past year and 7 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 20 min · 9,113 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Aug 12, 2026
Oshkosh board hears school resource officer agreement report and budget shortfall updatePlay 6:22
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Aug 12, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Michael Ford, President · Barbara Herzog, Treasurer · Beth Wyman, Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 53 minWednesday, August 12, 2026Oshkosh board hears school resource officer agreement report and budget shortfall updateBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Beth Wyman, Molly Smiltneek, Barbara Herzog, Timothy Hess and 1 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 41 minWednesday, July 15, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael Ford, Beth Wyman, Barbara Herzog, Timothy Hess and 2 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 19 minWednesday, June 24, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael Ford, Beth Wyman, Molly Smiltneek, Barbara Herzog and 1 more
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Board meeting · 2 h 01 minWednesday, June 10, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Michael Ford, Beth Wyman, Molly Smiltneek, Barbara Herzog and 2 more
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Who does the talking

No one member stands apart on the Oshkosh Area School District board: 3 of the 4 members we rank could rank first

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 12 board meetings, Nov 19, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

A ranking, with its marginEarly readLess of this board's speech is named so far, so its ranks are wider. Each rank is a 90% range across 12 resampled meetings, so "2nd–4th" means the data can't place them more exactly. The ranges may widen as we name more of the speech.
Coverage: about 64% of members’ speaking time named (49%–77%)

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 FordPresident · at-large · runs the meeting, not rankedShare5.6min, at least6 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart4.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · ranked by minutes per meeting
1st–3rdTimothy HessBoard member · at-largeShare10.8min, at least11 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated40%of the members’ talking · 18%–58%3.2questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–3rdBarbara HerzogTreasurer · at-largeShare7.2min, at least11 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated26%of the members’ talking · 16%–40%2.2questions asked per meeting, at least
1st–4thMolly SmiltneekClerk · at-largeShare6.2min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated22%of the members’ talking · 14%–37%3.6questions asked per meeting, at least
3rd–4thChris WrightBoard member · at-largeShare2.7min, at least10 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated10%of the members’ talking · 6%–26%2.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · not ranked
—Jacob WolfBoard member · at-large · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8Share1.1min, at least4 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
—Beth WymanVice President · at-large · We could name only 18% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.3min, at least7 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions 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 · line = our margin: members whose lines overlap may sit in either order · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 20 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

When, when we're using transfer of service to reduce a budget deficit, by definition, transfer of service, we get to go to the local property taxpayer because there's an increase of expense, right?Timothy HessBoard member · Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education · May 27, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:29:18
  • Since 2020, our fund balance has decreased from over $24 million to slightly over $8 million, and we can't afford another hit to the fund balance or we will be in more serious trouble than we are right now. …Barbara HerzogTreasurer · Oshkosh Area School District Board of EducationWatch the full meeting from 2:39:48
  • When we look at the quadrants with the dots showing where the schools fell. …Barbara HerzogTreasurer · Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education · Jun 10, 2026Watch the full meeting from 37:53
  • I think one of the significant frustrations of the listening session is that people who attend that listening session don't feel that we are listening and that no action is taken after that or that there is no accountability or follow-up and that they bring the same things over and over and over again.Molly SmiltneekClerk · Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education · May 27, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:00:16
  • I just have one question related to the new middle schools. …Molly SmiltneekClerk · Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education · Dec 10, 2025Watch the full meeting from 24:40
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance17%8%–28%
Ceremony and recognition3%1%–7%
Safety and discipline3%0%–8%
Public comment0%0%–2%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 23% 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 20 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 14; 9 had at least one. The busiest, on Dec 10, 2025, heard from 24.

    24 on Dec 10, 202524 speakers12 speakers2.5 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 9 of the 20 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberAug 12Jul 15Jun 24Jun 10May 27May 13Apr 8Mar 11Feb 25Feb 11Dec 10Nov 19
    Timothy HessNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Barbara HerzogNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Molly SmiltneekNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Michael FordNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Jacob WolfNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Chris WrightNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Beth WymanNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 5511190 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district