Michael Callahan: public-record dossier (v1, link-verified)

Compiled 2026-10-13 (ET). Coverage: Lakewood City School District Board of Education meetings from Oct 12, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026 as published on BoardDocs (agenda items with their "Motion & Voting" blocks), the district's Board of Education page, and certified 2025 election results. Only the public record is used. BoardDocs records who moved, who seconded, and each member's Yea/Nay/Abstain by name, so the vote record below is per member. No positions are inferred from votes.

How to check a claim: each BoardDocs link opens the agenda item; scroll to "Motion & Voting" to see the mover, seconder and each member's vote. Where an item link couldn't be matched, the link opens the meeting agenda instead (marked meeting link). Rules: dossiers/RULES.md.

1. Identity and office

CA-01 Member of the Lakewood City School District Board of Education, listed on the district's Board of Education page (district page).
CA-02 Role as shown on the district page: "Mr. Callahan served as Board President in 2023 and 2024" (district page).
CA-03 Term, as stated on the district page: "Term expires: December 2027" (district page).

2. Attendance (BoardDocs vote records)

Counted from the per-member vote blocks: a member counts as present at a meeting if BoardDocs records a vote (Yea, Nay or Abstain) by them on at least one item. Meetings with no recorded votes aren't counted. Per BoardDocs, this window has 31 meetings with recorded votes.

CA-04 Recorded as voting at 28 of 31 meetings. Meetings where every vote lists them as not present: Feb 2, 2026 Regular Meeting, Feb 2, 2026 Special Meeting, Jul 29, 2026 Special Meeting. Meetings voted at: 10/20/25, 11/3/25, 11/24/25, 12/1/25, 1/5/26, 1/5/26, 1/22/26, 2/17/26, 3/2/26, 3/19/26, 4/13/26, 4/20/26, 5/4/26, 5/12/26, 5/18/26, 6/1/26, 6/15/26, 6/29/26, 7/6/26, 7/6/26, 7/20/26, 8/4/26, 8/10/26, 8/24/26, 9/8/26, 9/14/26, 9/28/26, 10/12/26.

3. Votes

CA-05 Across all recorded votes in the window, BoardDocs lists Michael Callahan as Yea 358, Nay 0, Abstain 2. Every vote is linked from the tables below or from the meeting agendas in section 2 (example: Oct 12, 2026 agenda).

Votes other than Yea (by name in BoardDocs)

ID	Date	Item	Recorded	Result	Evidence
CA-06	Apr 20, 2026	Community Recreation & Education	Abstain	Motion Passed; Yea 4, Nay 0, Abstain 1	BoardDocs
CA-07	May 18, 2026	Community Recreation & Education (ROLL CALL VOTE)	Abstain	Motion Passed; Yea 4, Nay 0, Abstain 1	BoardDocs

Split votes where this member voted Yea

ID	Date	Item	Others not voting Yea	Evidence
CA-08	Oct 20, 2025	Resolution Adopting the October 6, 2025 Elementary Facility Recommendation of the Superintendent - Second…	Nay: Colleen Clark-Sutton	BoardDocs
CA-09	Sep 28, 2026	Resolution Approving the Superintendent's September 28, 2026 Recommended Attendance Boundaries and…	Abstain: Colleen Clark-Sutton	BoardDocs

4. Motions made and seconded (BoardDocs)

Window total: 3 motions made, 96 seconded. Each item link shows "Motion by … second by …".

ID	Meeting	Moved	Seconded
CA-10	Nov 3, 2025 Regular Meeting	—	Resolution to Approve Extended Field Trip - LHS Boys Varsity…
CA-11	Dec 1, 2025 Regular Meeting	—	Establishing the Date and Time for the 2026 Organizational Meeting…
CA-12	Jan 5, 2026 Organizational Meeting	Nomination and Election of OSBA Student Achievement Liaison…	Nomination and Election of Vice President
CA-13	Jan 5, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Classified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (TBD,…; Adjournment
CA-14	Jan 22, 2026 Regular Meeting	Resolution Submitting to the Electors of the School District the…	Certified; Certified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Classified; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Community Recreation & Education; Community Recreation Pay Rate Changes; Game Worker Pay Rate Changes; Certified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (DOPMAN,…; Classified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (DOPMAN,…; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES) -Request Approval on One…
CA-15	Feb 17, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified; Classified; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Approve Lakewood Community Baseball Softball…; Certified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Adjournment
CA-16	Mar 2, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Adjournment
CA-17	Mar 19, 2026 Special Meeting	—	Appoint Treasurer Pro Tempore (ROLL CALL VOTE); Resolution to Approve the Employment of the Assistant Treasurer…
CA-18	Apr 13, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES) - Request Approval on…; Memorandum of Understanding Between the Lakewood City School District…; Resolution to Approve the Employment of the Assistant Superintendent…; Resolution to Approve the Employment of the Director of Operations -…
CA-19	Apr 20, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified; Classified; Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Approve the Service Agreement Between the Lakewood…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-20	May 4, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-21	May 12, 2026 Special Meeting	—	Certified Administrator - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL…; Executive Session - For consideration of the employment and/or…
CA-22	May 18, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified Administrator - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL…; Certified; Certified- Second Reading (Dopman, Callahan); Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-23	Jun 1, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Resolution to Approve the Resignation/Retirement of the…
CA-24	Jun 15, 2026 Regular Meeting	Executive Session - For conference with the board's attorney to…	Certified Administrator - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL…; Certified; Certified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Classified; Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Amend the Employment Contracts of the Assistant…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-25	Jun 29, 2026 Special Meeting	—	Classified Non-Employee Coaches/Advisors (ECES) - Second Reading…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…
CA-26	Jul 6, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Resolution to Approve the Employment of the Superintendent - Request…
CA-27	Jul 20, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified; Certified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Classified; Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Approve Memorandum of Understanding Between the…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-28	Aug 4, 2026 Special Meeting	—	Executive Session - For Conference with the Board's Attorney to…; Adjournment
CA-29	Aug 10, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Community Recreation & Education - Request Approval on One Reading…
CA-30	Aug 24, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified; Classified; Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Approve Attorney Services; Resolution to Approve the Revised (12) Month Non-Represented Benefit…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-31	Sep 14, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…
CA-32	Sep 28, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Certified; Certified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Classified; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES); Community Recreation & Education; Resolution to Approve Memorandum of Understanding Between the…; Classified -Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (DOPMAN,…; Classified Non-Employee Coach/Advisor (ECES) - Request Approval on…; Resolution to Approve the Agreement between Lakewood Board of…
CA-33	Oct 12, 2026 Regular Meeting	—	Executive Session - For Consideration of the appointment, employment,…; Certified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE) (Dopman,…; Classified - Request Approval on One Reading (ROLL CALL VOTE)…; Resolution to Terminate Employment Contract - Request Approval on One…

5. Unverified / pending public source

Nothing in this section is stated as fact.

U-1 Statements at meetings. Board meeting videos are on YouTube with auto-captions that carry no speaker labels, and the captions checked so far don't name this member right before a substantive remark, so no remarks are attributed here. Pending: approved board minutes text with speaker paraphrases, or captions that name the speaker on the spot.
U-2 Committee and liaison assignments (for example consent-agenda report assignments) for the window. Pending: the 2026 Organizational Meeting items on BoardDocs.
U-3 Term dates are taken from the district page; the certified Cuyahoga BOE results for the members not on the Nov 2025 ballot haven't been pulled. Pending: Nov 2023 certified results.
U-4 Not yet pulled: campaign finance reports and the Ohio Ethics Commission financial disclosure (public-records request needed; not sent).