Ripon Area School District Board of Education

7 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 1,654 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Jul 20, 2026: Board meeting, 59 min
Newest meeting we have: Jul 20, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Lori Machmueller, President · Preston Benton, Board member · Chris Gatzke, Vice President · Katie Grady, Board member · Denise Martinez, Board member · Stefanie Meeker, Board member · Tom Stellmacher, Board member · Jessica Stollfuss, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 59 minMonday, July 20, 2026EnrollmentSpeakers: David Scott, Denise Martinez

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Board meeting · 1 h 07 minMonday, June 15, 2026Reading and test scoresSpeakers: Chris Gatzke

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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 2 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingLori MachmuellerPresident · shown, not ranked—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Members · listed by namePreston BentonBoard member1meeting where we identified their voicenamed at 1 meeting Chris GatzkeVice President2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Katie GradyBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Denise MartinezBoard member3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Stefanie MeekerBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings David ScottBoard member4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Tom StellmacherBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Jessica StollfussBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings

Meetings on our record

All 7 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance17%10%–28%

Ceremony and recognition13%5%–22%

Safety and discipline0%0%–29%

Public comment0%0%–29%

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 7 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 0 had at least one.

Federal district ID 5513020 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district