October 22, 2025, Work Session/Community Roundtable
Red Oak Community School Attendees: Ron Lorenz, Leanne Fluckey, Heidi Harris, Kathy Walker, Pastor Ricky, and Bret Blackman.
Community Panelist Attendees: Ron Lorenz, Red Oak Community Schools Superintendent, Senator Tom Shipley, Tim Fridolph, Red Oak Council, Mike Olson, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, Ron Kloewer, Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, and Ben Lungren, Montgomery County Development Corporation.
The meeting was commentated and live streamed by Aaron West with KCSI FM.
Meeting began at 5:30 P.M.
Community Roundtable on Population and Enrollment Trends
Panelists and Board Members introduced themselves and briefly went over the guiding questions regarding population decline and how it affects all of the panelists and their businesses. The panelists discussed regional factors, steps that can be taken to address depopulation, and how we can work together to alleviate issues affecting our community, and what success would look like for our community in the future.
Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
