Everything you need to know about the Roseville Area School Board
How the school board works and how to get involved
The Roseville Area School District is back in session and so is the school board.
There's a school board election and a capital projects levy on the ballot this fall, which means a whole lot more people are paying attention to the school board and have questions about its function and role in the community.
Your level of familiarity and understanding of the school board is likely correlated with how closely you're involved with the district. If you have only a basic awareness about what the school board is responsible for and how it functions, then this article is for you!
The school board is comprised of six directors elected by voters who live in the Roseville Area School District. Three seats are up for election every two years. The school board is elected to represent all of the citizens and students in the district. The district serves residents in all or portions of seven cities: Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Little Canada, Lauderdale, Maplewood, Roseville, and Shoreview. To find out what school district you live in, enter your address into this Minnesota Legislature School District Finder.
The current directors on the school board are:
- Todd Anderson - chair
- Mike Boguszewski - director
- Dr. Rose Chu - clerk
- Mannix Clark - treasurer
- Kitty Gogins - director
- Dr. Frank Shaw - director
The Role of the School Board
The role of the school board is to supervise and evaluate one employee: the superintendent. The superintendent of Roseville Area Schools is Dr. Jenny Loeck. The superintendent works in consultation with the school board to oversee all operations of the district.
Roseville Area School Board has adopted the "policy governance model" which means the board approves policies that provide general principles for guiding the management of the school district. The board is responsible for the financial health of the district, executing the strategic plan, and upholding the district's mission. How those things are carried out in the individual schools and community education programs are up to the superintendent and the administration.
"We have a wonderful board. We have robust, fantastic discussions," Todd Anderson, chair of the school board, told the Roseville Reader. Anderson is serving his third and final term on the school board, ending January 2028.
During his time on the board, Anderson has appreciated the culture of serious inquiry and genuine investment in representing the board to the community. Disagreements have been rare, Anderson said, but when they do happen, the board is able to move forward with the decision that's been made with one voice.
Anderson said serving on the school board is one of the best decisions he ever made.
"It’s been the people and mindset that everyone has brought to the board...really buying into the mission and our equity vision. We’re all on the same page. We have to be. We are in charge of executing the strategic plan," Anderson said.
Watch this video about the role of the school board created by Roseville Area Schools
More than K-12 Public Education
The Roseville Area School District is also known as Independent School District (ISD) 623. Even though "school" is in the name, it's not just K-12 education that the district is responsible for. The Roseville Area School District offers services, activities, programs, and education for all ages in the community.
"We're dedicated to serving every single household in the community, regardless of if they have children in school," Superintendent Loeck said.
The district includes eight elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools—Roseville Area High School and Fairview Alternative High School.
The district offers early childhood education, which includes preschool and classes, resources, and events for families with children ages birth to 5 years old.
The district also provides education to adults in the Adult Learning Center and programs for seniors with the Roseville Area Senior Program.
And don't forget community education programs and activities for the entire community at Aŋpétu Téča Education Center.
The 2025 Election
This is an important fall for voters to pay attention to the district because of the school board election on Nov. 4, 2025. Three seats are up for election and four candidates are running. The Roseville Reader will be publishing a candidate guide for voters in the district later this month. In the meantime, here's who's running:
Naomi Krueger
In June, the school board authorized a capital projects levy for technology to be added to the ballot this fall. The Roseville Reader will be publishing a feature on this ahead of the election as well, so make sure you're subscribed to get that detailed information directly in your inbox. In the meantime, you can read the information provided directly from the district.
Participating in School Board Meetings
School Board meetings are open to the public unless a closed session is part of the agenda. Meetings are held in the Fairview Room at Aŋpétu Téča Education Center (1910 County Road B West in Roseville). Meetings are usually held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, except July.
You can watch live on the district's Channel 18, streamed live online, or on the Roseville Area Schools YouTube Channel. A recording of the meeting will be uploaded within 7 days to the board meeting archives.
If you want to provide any feedback to the school board, come to the community input session at 6:00 p.m. You must sign up by 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting by filling out an online sign-up form or contacting the superintendent's office in person, by email, or by phone: 651-628-6452.
"People can talk about an issue. Or you don’t even have to have an issue in mind. Any member of the public can show up to the meetings," Anderson said.
The Community Input session is not livestreamed or posted online to watch later. This is intentional, as a way of preventing people from abusing the community input as a way of broadcasting messages to a larger audience, Anderson explained.
In the past, when the community input sessions were broadcast live and recorded, there were some incidents of people expressing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric that made students at the board meetings feel unwelcome and unsafe, Anderson said.
"We felt that was not the place or platform for that," Anderson said. The board really wanted students at the meetings and wanted to prioritize student voices. After changing the format for public input, those types of comments have been much more rare.
"Sometimes we get into the nitty gritty of policy and you may not want to stay for every minute, but it’s a way to find out about all the fantastic things that are going on," Anderson said.
The Roseville School Board Bulletin
Over the past year, the Roseville Reader has been covering the school board primarily through school board meeting previews called "The Roseville School Board Bulletin." These are summaries of the planned discussion and action items as described in the publicly available agenda documents. This will give you an idea about the topics and decisions being considered without you needing to wade through all the documents yourself.
The next regular meeting of the school board is on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Look for the Roseville School Board Bulletin in your inbox tomorrow for information on what to expect at that meeting.
In case you missed it:
Naomi Krueger
Naomi Krueger
Naomi Krueger
Naomi Krueger
