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Swartz Creek Community Schools Board of Education

16 meetings on our record, 11 of them from the past year and 5 with unconfirmed dates · typical meeting 2 h 55 min · 3,485 students · 6 members on our roster

Latest · Oct 7, 2026
Board meeting, 1 h 24 min
Newest meeting we have
Oct 7, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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On the board: Chuck Melki, Board President · Ken Engel, Board member · Andrea Fick, Board member · Autumn Henry, Board member · Kim Winter, Board member · Jenni Wolgast, Vice-President

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 1 h 24 minWednesday, October 7, 2026Speakers: Jenni Wolgast, Andrea Fick, Ken Engel, Autumn Henry
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Board meeting · 5 h 10 minWednesday, September 30, 2026Chronic absenteeismSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Jenni Wolgast, Andrea Fick, Ken Engel, Kim Winter and 1 more
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Board meeting · 1 h 42 minWednesday, September 9, 2026Safety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Jenni Wolgast, Ken Engel, Autumn Henry
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Board meeting · 3 h 22 minWednesday, August 26, 2026Chronic absenteeismSpeakers: Jenni Wolgast, Ken Engel, Kim Winter, Autumn Henry
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 11 board meetings, Apr 29, 2026 – Oct 7, 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
Chuck MelkiBoard President · runs the meeting, not rankedShare7.9min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart8.0questions asked per meeting, at least
Members · listed by seat
Ken EngelBoard memberShare16.9min, at least10 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Andrea FickBoard member · We could name only 21% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share2.0min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.1questions asked per meeting, at least
Autumn HenryBoard memberShare4.5min, at least11 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked4.8questions asked per meeting, at least
Kim WinterBoard member · We could name only 16% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%Share1.4min, at least7 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.3questions asked per meeting, at least
Jenni WolgastVice-PresidentShare8.5min, at least10 of 11meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked1.4questions 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 16 meetings on our record
Clips

What Autumn Henry said on Sep 9, 2026

I want to talk about playgrounds again. I got some footage of another playground, and I know that we just moved some equipment, replaced some, what have you. I just want to know who's installing the playground equipment and why it's not structurally sound.Autumn HenryBoard member · Swartz Creek Community Schools Board of Education · Sep 9, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:39:01
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance10%6%–15%
Public comment9%6%–13%
Safety and discipline2%0%–5%
Ceremony and recognition2%0%–5%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 17% 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 16 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 15; 14 had at least one. The busiest, on Jul 7, 2026, heard from 15.

    15 on Jul 7, 202615 speakers8 speakers5 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 11 of the 16 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 7Sep 30Sep 9Aug 26Aug 18Aug 12Jul 22Jul 8Jul 7May 27Apr 29
    Autumn HenryPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Jenni WolgastPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentNot shownNot recorded
    Andrea FickPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot shownNot shownNot recordedNot shownNot shownPresentNot recorded
    Ken EngelPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Chuck MelkiPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Kim WinterPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 2633420 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district