Spencer-Owen Community Schools Board of School Trustees

6 meetings on our record, 1 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · 2,215 students · 7 members on our roster

Latest · Apr 9, 2026: Board meeting, 1 h 10 min
Newest meeting we have: Apr 9, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Derek Morgan, President · Elizabeth Bixler, Secretary · Chad Cooper, Board Member · Mark Rogers, Board Member · Rick Smeltzer, Secretary Pro Tem · Deana Stickels, Vice President · Jack White, Board Member

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 10 minThursday, April 9, 2026Speakers: Deana Stickels, Rick Smeltzer, Chad Cooper, Jack White

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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 1 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingDerek MorganPresident · 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 nameElizabeth BixlerSecretary2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings Chad CooperBoard Member4meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 4 meetings Mark RogersBoard Member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetings Rick SmeltzerSecretary Pro Tem3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Deana StickelsVice President3meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 3 meetings Jack WhiteBoard Member2meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 2 meetings

Meetings on our record

All 6 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance14%1%–31%

Ceremony and recognition2%1%–5%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

Public comment0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 34% 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 6 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 0 had at least one.

Attendance

The roll call at 1 of the 6 meetings on our record: the one where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Apr 9
Rick Smeltzer	Present
Derek Morgan	Present
Deana Stickels	Present
Elizabeth Bixler	Present
Chad Cooper	Present
Mark Rogers	Present
Jack White	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 1810950 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district