Michelle Ruehl is a current Colorado Springs School District 11 board member and board secretary. In this repository, she matters because the retained D11 investigation now has direct source evidence for a formal external charter-school board tie at New Summit Charter Academy, direct D11 board-roster evidence, a retained 2025 D11 candidate-committee slice, and an unresolved March 2026 recusal fact tied to a Falcon AeroLab tuition-transfer discussion.
Dr. Ruehl for D11 supports a 2025 D11 candidate-committee spending layer involving campaign, mail, canvassing, printing, and media vendors.| source node | target node | tie type | time range | mechanism | possible flow type | observable effect | evidence strength | claim limit |
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| Michelle Ruehl | Colorado Springs School District 11 | elected board service | 2025-2029 term on captured D11 page | School-board governance role | Authority, legitimacy, votes, agenda participation | D11 page lists Ruehl as board secretary | direct | Does not by itself establish how Ruehl voted, influenced policy, or handled conflicts |
| Michelle Ruehl | New Summit Charter Academy | board service | 2025-2026 in D20 packet; live page captured 2026-04-22 | Charter-school governing-board role | Governance authority, legitimacy, charter-network adjacency | Ruehl listed as New Summit board director; D20 packet says replacement search began after D11 election | direct | Does not prove D11 policy flow, compensation, recusal failure, or coordination |
| Michelle Ruehl | Falcon AeroLab | recusal fact only | 2026-03-04 | D11 board discussion of contingency transfer | Unresolved conflict / disclosure lead | D11 minutes say Ruehl requested recusal from discussion | direct / unresolved | Does not identify the basis for recusal or prove a substantive relationship |
| Dr. Ruehl for D11 | Campaign vendors | campaign-services relationship | 2025-2026 slice | Candidate-committee expenditures | Money to campaign vendors | TRACER slice records vendor payments | direct | Vendor use does not prove policy coordination, district influence, or intent |