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Spring Grove Area School District School Board

17 meetings on our record, 2 of them from the past year and 15 with unconfirmed dates · 3,930 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 28, 2026
Spring Grove board takes roll call vote on feasibility study capped at $5,000Play 35:33
Newest meeting we have
Sep 28, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Douglas White, Board President · Eric Barshinger, Board member · Karen Baum, Board member · Benjamin Ramsay, Board member · Michael Ritz, Board member · Rodney Shearer, Board member · Douglas Stein, Board member · Jessica Waltersdorff, Board member · Nicole Wilson, Board Vice President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 45 minMonday, September 28, 2026Spring Grove board takes roll call vote on feasibility study capped at $5,000Speakers: Eric Barshinger, Karen Baum, Rodney Shearer, Jessica Waltersdorff
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Board meeting · 1 h 45 minMonday, April 13, 2026Vouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Eric Barshinger, Benjamin Ramsay, Rodney Shearer, Douglas Stein and 2 more
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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 meetingDouglas WhiteBoard President · shown, not ranked1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting
Members · listed by nameEric BarshingerBoard member2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetingsKaren BaumBoard member1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingBenjamin RamsayBoard member1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingMichael RitzBoard member—Speaker naming for this board isn't confirmed yet—no clip yetWe can't yet tell who is speaking at this board's meetingsRodney ShearerBoard member3meetings where we identified their voice1clipnamed at 3 meetings · 1 clipDouglas SteinBoard member1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meetingJessica WaltersdorffBoard member2meetings where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 2 meetingsNicole WilsonBoard Vice President1meeting where we identified their voice—no clip yetnamed at 1 meeting
Meetings on our record
All 17 meetings on our record
Clips

What Rodney Shearer said

If I remember right, we own 200 and some acres there. If and we're storing that ground on top of the hill. If we can't go in there and cut some of that hill off and use that fill ground— if we purchase fill ground for this thing, you're going to see a mighty upset person.Rodney ShearerBoard member · Spring Grove Area School District School BoardWatch the full meeting from 55:01
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance14%5%–24%
Public comment3%0%–8%
Ceremony and recognition0%0%–3%
Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 28% 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 17 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 8; 4 had at least one.

    Attendance

    The roll call at 2 of the 17 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberSep 28Apr 13
    Jessica WaltersdorffPresentPresent
    Eric BarshingerPresentPresent
    Nicole WilsonPresentPresent
    Karen BaumPresentPresent
    Benjamin RamsayPresentPresent
    Michael RitzNot shownPresent
    Rodney ShearerPresentPresent
    Douglas SteinPresentPresent
    Douglas WhitePresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 4222590 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district