Southmoreland School District Board of School Directors

11 meetings on our record, 7 of them from the past year and 2 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 58 min · 1,819 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Southmoreland board takes up $937,500 roof grant request and $59,435 van purchase Play 10:33
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: John Eutsey, President · Samuel Accipiter, Director · Nate Alexander, Director · Catherine Fike, Director · Stephanie Geyer, Director · Richard Grabiak, Director · Mellisa Moore, Director · Scott Olsen, Vice-President · David Thomas, Director

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 21 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Southmoreland board takes up $937,500 roof grant request and $59,435 van purchaseReading and test scoresSpeakers: Catherine Fike

Play 10:33

Board meeting · 20 minTuesday, August 18, 2026Southmoreland board motion to table facilities director appointment failsSpeakers: Samuel Accipiter, Catherine Fike, Stephanie Geyer, Mellisa Moore

Play 5:29

Board meetingMonday, July 27, 2026Speakers: Richard Grabiak

Watch

Board meeting · 55 minTuesday, June 23, 2026Southmoreland board votes 5-4 on 2026-2027 budget with 3-mill Westmoreland County tax increaseSpeakers: Scott Olsen, Catherine Fike, Stephanie Geyer, Mellisa Moore and 1 more

Play 23:22

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 7 board meetings, Jan 20, 2026 – 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

John EutseyPresident · 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

Samuel AccipiterDirector · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least2 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Nate AlexanderDirector · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Catherine FikeDirector · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 85.4min, at least6 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked10.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Stephanie GeyerDirector · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Richard GrabiakDirector · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, at least1 of 5meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Mellisa MooreDirector · Seated for 7 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least3 of 7meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Scott OlsenVice-President · Seated for 6 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.1min, at least2 of 6meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.0questions asked per meeting, at least

David ThomasDirector · Seated for 5 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.0min, 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 11 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance27%16%–35%

Ceremony and recognition12%0%–24%

Public comment8%6%–11%

Safety and discipline0%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 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 7; 6 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 17, 2026, heard from 3.

3 on Mar 17, 20263 speakers2 speakers1.4 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 6 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 15	Aug 18	Jul 27	Jun 23	Mar 17	Feb 17	Jan 20
Catherine Fike	Present	Not recorded	Not shown	Present	Present	Present	Present
Mellisa Moore	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
John Eutsey	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Scott Olsen	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Samuel Accipiter	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present
Nate Alexander	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
Stephanie Geyer	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not shown	Present	Present
Richard Grabiak	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present
David Thomas	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4222410 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district