There was a bit of reorganization at the Seneca School Board, as two new board members Matt Dahlberg and Kyle Berger, participated in a board meeting for the first time.

The new board members joined incumbent board member Adam Green in winning election in the recent spring election.

Seneca School Board President Shawn Lenzendorf and long-serving school board member Crisse Reynolds did not seek re-election this spring, as their terms expired.

One of the first orders of business was electing a new school board president to replace Lenzendorf. School board member Charles Clark nominated Mark Johnson and Jennifer  Aspenson seconded the nomination. Johnson was confirmed on unanimous ballot, on which he abstained from voting.

Green is vice president

Adam Green was nominated to serve as Seneca School Board Vice President by Britany Joy and  Jennifer Aspenson seconded the nomination. The board approved Green as the vice-president on a unanimous ballot with Green abstaining. 

Green nominated Brittany Joy to continue in the roll of school board clerk, Matt Dahlberg seconded the motion and Joy was confirmed on a unanimous ballot, from which Joy abstained.

Current Seneca School Board Treasurer Charles Clark was nominated by Matt Dahlberg and the nomination was seconded by Green. It passed on a unanimous vote, with Clark abstaining.

The next meeting of the Seneca School Board will be June 16 at 7 p.m. and it will be the last meeting for David Boland to attend as the school district administrator.

In other business, the Seneca Area School District Board:

• approved the 2025-26 WIAA membership at no cost

• approved use of school equipment and facilities as required by the WIAA

• approved the new open enrollment requests for the coming year; including four new outbound requests  and three new inbound requests–existing open enrollments were not included

• approved obtaining occupational therapy services from Crossing Rivers Healthcare for any student needing them

• discussed youth apprenticeships and work release programs in light of requests of some students to be released to work on their family farms

• discussed the increasing cost of school district audits and the fewer number of accounting firms willing to provide the service

• selected the Elementary School Parent Teacher Group’s Shannon Kriel and Madeline Welsh for their work on the Bingo Night fundraiser to receive Seneca Area School District Monthly Recognition Award

 Following a closed session, the Seneca School Board reconvened in open session to:

• hire Jenny Fisher for the Spanish and Middle School position 

• hire Jessica Swiggum as third grade teacher

• hire Tyler Payne as the head varsity boys basketball coach