School Board

Board of Education

Fort Madison Community School District

Nothing from August 2, 2021 to September 2, 2021.

Mission, Vision, and Goals
Policies by Category

Dianne Hope

Board President

Term ends: 11/2023

Dianne.Hope@fmcsd.org

Dianne has been a resident of Fort Madison since 1976.  She grew up in Brookfield, Missouri and holds a BS in Business Administration from Truman University in Kirksville, Missouri. She began her career with the local DuPont plant and held several positions.  Dianne retired from a corporate Sourcing role that required support and travel to many DuPont, Pioneer, Solae and LiquiBox plant sites. Currently she serves as the FMCH Auxiliary Gift Shop Manager, is a host for Burlington Trailways Tours and enjoys working at the retail site for Matt’s Greenhouse every spring.
 
Dianne has three children that graduated from Fort Madison High School– Ben(1991), Erin class (1997) and Andrew (2006).  Throughout her children’s years in the school district, she was very active in supporting class activities and served as FHMS Vocal Booster President and Dinner Theater Chairman, Bloodhound Booster Treasurer for 6 years along with numerous committees.
 
Dianne was elected to the FMCSD Board of Directors in 2015 and in 2019 and is currently serving as Vice President of the Board. She is continually looking to improve the education of FMSCD students, no matter what career path they may choose.  A top priority is continued improvement in the physical facilities of the District and upgraded curriculum.

Josh Wykert

Vice President

Term ends: 11/2023

Josh.Wykert@fmcsd.org

Josh grew up in Muscatine, IA and graduated from Muscatine High School in 2002.  After graduation, he attended Graceland University graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor’s Degree in both accounting and business administration, while playing on the football team.  It was at Graceland University that he met his wonderful and beautiful future wife, Erin. After graduating in May of 2006, Josh moved to Fort Madison beginning his career at Cryotech Deicing Technology as a General Ledger Accountant.  From there, his career at Cryotech has grown and morphed in to his current role as Finance Manager, overseeing the Finance, Accounting, and Purchasing functions of Cryotech.

In his free time, Josh enjoys spending time with his wife, Erin, and two children, Colton and Lucene.  He also helps coach the high school football team, serving as an assistant coach specializing in the offensive line.  Given additional free time, he also make his own brats, sausage, and other delicious stuffed meat specialties.  

Josh was appointed to the school board for a two-month period from January to March of 2019, then fully elected to the board November of 2019.  He is passionate about ensuring every child in the district is able to obtain the absolute best education possible. 

Carol Ross

Board Member

Term ends: 11/2023

Carol.Ross@fmcsd.org

Carol graduated from FMHS in 1992 and then attended the University of Northern Iowa where she graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.  She took and passed the CPA exam in May of 1996. 
 
Carol lived in Cedar Falls until 1998 when she moved back to Fort Madison and started working for Ann Menke, CPA which is now Menke & Company. 
 
She currently live in West Point with her husband Troy and her children Nathaniel who is a senior at FMHS and Emily who is in 7th grade at FMMS. 
 
Carol enjoys reading, watching her kids in their activities – band, softball, and volleyball. She is involved in two of our PTOs.  Her first PTO involvement was on the Denmark PTO when her son was in Kindergarten. She has since been involved with the Lincoln PTG and FMMS PTO as treasurer.  She recently joined the Fort Madison Kiwanis organization.
 
Carol is most passionate about improving the education for the kids in our district.  She has been on the board since September of 2015 and has gone to the IASB conference in November every year.  Additionally she attended the PLC training conference in St. Charles in June of 2017.

Lois DiPrima

Board Member

Term ends: 11/2023

Lois.DiPrima@fmcsd.org

Lois is a graduate of Graceland University.  She has her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and a minor in Art and has multiple hours in continuing education. Lois holds both Iowa and Texas teaching licenses.

She taught Spanish and English in Weslaco, Tx in a program for four year olds and received her Bi-Lingual endorsement in Texas.  After teaching in Texas for three years she moved back to Illinois in 1977, where she worked as a Social Coordinator in a nursing home.  In 1979, she began working at Lincoln Elementary School teaching reading, and later art. Lois taught art for 37 years in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8th, and later taught art part time for three years at Holy Trinity Catholic Elementary.
 
Upon retirement, she was elected to our school board.  In the summer she works as a 19th century  crafts demonstrator at the Joseph Smith Historic Site.  In the winter she works as a guide and a substitute. Lois is still actively involved in the music department. 
 
Lois shares that having a blended family has given her 8 grandchildren, and there are two more on the way!  Her hobbies include 19th century crafts, gardening, reading native american studies, music, art, and sewing. 

Brian Steffensmeier

Board Member

Term ends: 11/2021

Brian.Steffensmeier@fmcsd.org

Brian was born and raised in Lee County Iowa, where he grew up on a farm. He graduated from Marquette High School in 1985. He then went to Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from L.T.I .in February 1986 with honors.
 
He then moved back to the area to be employed by Archer Motors and Churchill Truck Lines. Later, he went on to be area manager for Harker Distribution.
 
Brian currently tackles managing his business ventures and enjoys watching his children  Clifford, Alex, and Rylee in activities at school alongside his wonderful wife, Patty.
 
Brian’s hobbies include taking care of his honeybees, camping, boating, and skiing.
 
He is proud to be serving on the school board for the citizens of the Fort Madison community.

Dr. Tim Wondra

Board Member

Term ends: 11/2021

Tim.Wondra@fmcsd.org

Dr. Tim grew up on a farm near Great Bend, KS and graduated from Great Bend High School in 1994.  After graduating from high school he attended Barton County Community College graduating in 1996 with an Associates degree.  He then attend Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City where he graduated in 2000 with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  While he was attending Cleveland Chiropractic College he met his future wife Dr. Lauri.  After graduating from Chiropractic College they moved to Fort Madison where Dr. Lauri grew up and has many family members.  They opened Wondra Chiropractic & Acupuncture in 2004 in downtown Fort Madison and moved to their current location in 2008.  Dr. Tim has one daughter, Dalyn who is a Senior at FMHS.  

 
He enjoys watching his daughter play softball, basketball, track and show choir.  He started helping Jay Eckhart in 2008 do play-by-play broadcasting FM football and basketball.  When Jay wanted to slow down in 2017 Dr. Tim took over and started live streaming FMHS sports and activities on the YouTube channel Bloodhound Sports & Activities.  Each year they continue to expand what FMHS events they cover.  Last year they broadcasted FMHS football, all varsity girls basketball and some boys basketball games, the Stars in the Spotlight Show Choir invitational, High School Graduation and home softball games. Dr. Tim also enjoys gardening and reading and is an avid Kansas City Chiefs fan.
 
Dr. Tim was first elected to the School Board in 2009 and is starting his 10 year on the board, the last 2 as board president.  He has won several Better Boardsmanship awards from the Iowa Association of School Boards and every November since he has been elected to the board he has attended the IASB State conference. He has also attended the PLC training conference in St. Charles in June of 2018 and the National School Safety Conference in July 2018.  He has pushed for a more rigorous curriculum for the students of the Fort Madison Community School District while also supporting an enhancement of the CTE classes. 

Brad Menke

Board Member

Term ends: 11/2021

Brad.Menke@fmcsd.org