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Riverside School District 96 Board of Education

20 meetings on our record, 14 of them from the past year and 6 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 1 h 26 min · 1,743 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 16, 2026
Board hears budget projecting $786,623 surplusPlay 8:13
Newest meeting we have
Sep 16, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Also on the board: Wesley Muirheid, Board President · David Barsotti, Vice President · Stephanie Gunn, Board member · Marlowe Kachlic, Board member · Matt Olech, Board member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 32 minWednesday, September 16, 2026Board hears budget projecting $786,623 surplusSpeakers: Stephanie Gunn
Play 8:13
Board meeting · 1 h 22 minWednesday, August 19, 2026EnrollmentSpeakers: Stephanie Gunn
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Special meeting · 1 h 07 minWednesday, August 5, 2026Phones in schoolSpeakers: Stephanie Gunn, Dan Hunt, Matt Olech
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Board meeting · 41 minWednesday, June 17, 2026Speakers: David Barsotti, Salina Claps, Dan Hunt, Matt Olech
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 14 board meetings, Nov 5, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 41% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.
Coverage: about 41% of members’ speaking time named (26%–63%)

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
Wesley MuirheidBoard President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare2.5min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart3.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
David BarsottiVice President · We could name only 25% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.6min, at least6 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.7questions asked per meeting, at least
Salina ClapsBoard memberShare2.1min, at least6 of 13meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked5.5questions asked per meeting, at least
Stephanie GunnBoard memberShare3.9min, at least9 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Dan HuntBoard member · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.0min, at least9 of 14meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.6questions asked per meeting, at least
Marlowe KachlicBoard member · We could name only 17% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.0min, at least3 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least
Matt OlechBoard member · We could name only 2% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share0.1min, 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 20 meetings on our record
Clips

What Salina Claps said on Feb 4, 2026

Just one for me. I noticed there's a part, part in there that lays out that the actual versus the budgeted expenses and revenues is off by a significant amount due to the state retirement contributions. Is that like something that's pretty standard?Salina ClapsBoard member · Riverside SD 96 School District Board of Education · Feb 4, 2026Watch the full meeting from 16:45
On the map · Phones in school

June 3, 2026

The board discussed phones in school.

Its first meeting on phones in the year we read; phones came up at 2 of its meetings.

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Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Safety and discipline6%0%–18%
Budget and finance5%1%–10%
Public comment4%1%–9%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–6%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 12% 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 16; 8 had at least one. The busiest, on Aug 19, 2026, heard from 6.

    6 on Aug 19, 20266 speakers3 speakers1 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
    MemberSep 16Aug 19Aug 5Jun 17Jun 3May 6Apr 15Mar 18Feb 18Feb 4Jan 21Dec 17Nov 19Nov 5
    Salina ClapsPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Marlowe KachlicPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
    Dan HuntPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Stephanie GunnNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Wesley MuirheidPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    David BarsottiNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded
    Matt OlechPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recorded

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 1733990 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district