Board of Education
OGDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION
The publicly elected five-member Board of Education is responsible for setting policy for the Ogden Community School District. Each board member's term is for three years. The Board of Education conducts its business meetings at Ogden High School, 732 East Division Street, at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, except September, when they meet the third Monday of the month. The district invites public comments during "Open Forum," which is generally at the beginning of each board meeting. Current members of the Ogden Board of Education are as follows, and please review their bios below:
| Board Member | Position | Term Expires | Telephone Number |
| Tom Cleveland | President | 2011 | 515.275.2859 |
| Stan Friesen | Vice President | 2013 | 515.275.2385 |
| Toby Klauenberg | Member-at-large | 2011 | 515.275.3242 |
| Chet Hollingshead | Member-at-large | 2013 | 515.275.2438 |
| Sam Germer | Member-at-large | 2011 | 515.275.3119 |
| Kris Van Pelt | Business Manager | 515.275.2894 | |
| Dorine Bloomberg | Treasurer | 515.275.2979 |
Meeting dates for the 2009 - 2010 school year are as follows:
- Monday, July 13, 2009
- Monday, August 10, 2009
- Monday, September 21, 2009
- Monday, October 12, 2009
- Monday, November 9, 2009
- Monday, December 14, 2009
- Monday, January 11, 2010
- Monday, February 8, 2010
- Monday, March 8, 2010
- Monday, April 12, 2010
- Monday, May 10, 2010
- Monday, June 14, 2010
Bill Roederer: Superintendent of Schools
Bill is in his tenth year as Superintendent in the Ogden Community School District. Prior to becoming superintendent in Ogden, Bill was the Superintendent of Schools in the Remesen-Union Community School District for three years. Prior to his employment in Remsen, he was the Associate Principal/Activities Director at Grinnell High School. Bill was also the Jr-Sr High School Principal at Remesen-Union before moving to Grinnell. As a teacher, Bill taught Business Education courses in Keokuk for two years and Adair-Casey for three years.
Bill received his Ed. S. (Education Specialist Degree) from the University of Iowa; his M.A. (Master of Arts Degree) in School Administration from Northwest Missouri State University; and his B.A. (Bachelor of Arts Degree) in Education from the University of Northern Iowa. Bill was born and raised in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Bill and his wife Lisa have three children: Brittany - A recent graduate at the University of Iowa; Amanda - 11th grader at Ogden High School; and Brandt - 8th grader at Ogden Middle School. Lisa is a Corporate Quality Assurance Nurse with Signature Care Centers LLC., Johnston, Iowa.
Kris VanPelt: Board Business Manager
Kris Van Pelt has been the Board Business Manager of the district since 2001 and has been employed by the district since August 1997. Kris was previously the Secretary in the Superintendent's Office. Her husband, Dave is employed by Boone County as a Foreman of Secondary Roads. They have two children: Jamie is a 1999 graduate of OHS and a 2003 graduate of the University of Northern Iowa. She is currently employed with the Des Moines Register as an Account Executive. Aaron is a 2004 graduate of OHS and he is a 2009 graduate from the University of Iowa. Kris enjoys family time, walking and the Iowa Hawkeyes!!!
Tom Cleveland: School Board President
Tom Cleveland is the President of the Ogden School Board and is serving his eleventh year on the Board of Education. Tom and his wife, Judy, have three children. Karen, a 1998 OHS graduate, is a psychology graduate student at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA; Kelly, a 2001 OHS graduate, is attending the University of Mississippi for Women in Columbus, MS; and Kurt is a senior at Ogden High School.
Tom is employed as the Location Manager for Heartland Cooperative in Stanhope, IA. Judy is a Technology Specialist for Heartland Area Education Agency 11 in Johnston. Tom and Judy stay involved with Ogden youth as Senior High Sunday School teachers at the Methodist Church in Ogden and as leaders of the Bulldog Builders, an OHS Youth Group.
Sam Germer: School Board Member
Sam is a graduate from Tri-County High School in DeWitt, Nebraska in 1979 and received his Bachelors degree from the college of Agriculture (Agronomy and Agricultural Economics) at the University of Nebraska in the spring of 1983. He and his wife, Leticia (Tish) moved to Iowa in 1984 and into the Ogden Community in February, 1994.
Tish, Sam’s spouse of 24 years, is employed as the elementary technology teacher and Gifted & Talented teacher in the Ogden Community School District. Sam & Tish have three children. Caitlin is 21 and a junior at ISU, Chelsea is 18 and is a senior, and Avery who is 12 and in 6th grade at OMS. They are members of Community United Methodist Church in Ogden.
Sam is co-founder of Pro Compliance Inc., and part owner of Regulatory Consultants, Incorporated (RCI). RCI is a firm providing safety and regulatory compliance consulting and internet based record-keeping products to businesses across the United States and Canada. The firm deals with all different types of business including aerospace, automobile dealers, implement dealers and bio-fuels entities.
Toby Klauenberg: School Board Member
Toby and his wife Jennifer have 4 children: Toby Jo - Senior at OHS; Byron - 10th grader at OHS; Charlie Sue - 5th grader at OMS; and Allea - 3rd Grader at Howe Elementary. Toby is a native Iowan, born and raised in Baxter, Iowa. He graduated from Baxter Community Schools in 1981. Toby graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education.
Toby currently tours internationally as a solo comedic performer. He owns and operates the Funny Farm, Iowa's oldest entertainment consulting firm. The family also owns and operates Main Street Laundry, a self-serve laundry service in Ogden.
Stan Friesen: School Board Vice-President
Chet Hollingshead: School Board Member
