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Oswego City School District Board of Education

21 meetings on our record, 15 of them from the past year and 4 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 51 min · 3,566 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 22, 2026
Oswego board approves 2026-2027 annual goals, hears construction and diploma updatesPlay 8:12
Newest meeting we have
Sep 22, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Jim MacKenzie, President · Sean Ohnmacht, Board member · Tim Rice, Board member · Jennifer Solazzo, 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 · 38 minTuesday, September 22, 2026Oswego board approves 2026-2027 annual goals, hears construction and diploma updatesSpeakers: Julie Chetney
Play 8:12
Board meeting · 16 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Oswego school board hears construction update as 3,500 students returnSpeakers: Tom Ciappa
Play 4:29
Board meeting · 34 minTuesday, August 25, 2026Safety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Julie Chetney
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Board meeting · 1 h 07 minTuesday, August 4, 2026AI in schoolsSpeakers: Tom Ciappa, Sean Callen
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 15 board meetings, Nov 4, 2025 – Sep 22, 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
Jim MacKenziePresident · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—runs the meeting, counted apart—no question counted
Members · listed by seat
Sean CallenBoard memberShare0.8min, at least2 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Julie ChetneyVice PresidentShare2.8min, at least11 of 15meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions asked per meeting, at least
Tom CiappaBoard member · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.6min, at least4 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Sean OhnmachtBoard memberShare1.2min, at least3 of 12meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Tim RiceBoard member · We could name only 10% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.2min, at least2 of 10meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Jennifer SolazzoBoard memberShare0.8min, at least4 of 12meetings 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 21 meetings on our record
Clips

What Julie Chetney said on Aug 25, 2026

I don't know if we looked or you knew there wasn't a policy, but come to find out there really is not a policy related to, um, your— these special requests, um, in a school designation for a student— for students, if someone wants to make that special request.Julie ChetneyVice President · Oswego City School District Board of Education · Aug 25, 2026Watch the full meeting from 21:36
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance15%4%–28%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–5%
Safety and discipline0%0%–3%
Public comment0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 36% 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 21 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 16; 7 had at least one.

    1 speaker1 speaker0.4 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 15 of the 21 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 22Sep 8Aug 25Aug 4Jul 7Jun 23May 19May 5Apr 21Apr 7Mar 17Jan 20Dec 9Nov 18Nov 4
    Julie ChetneyPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jim MacKenziePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Sean CallenPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Tom CiappaPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jennifer SolazzoNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Sean OhnmachtPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    Tim RicePresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 3622050 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district