MSAD 75 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Event Location
1. Call to order and roll call
2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- To consider action relative to additions or adjustments to the agenda
- To ask for comments from the audience
- Recognitions and acknowledgements:
√ Moment of silence in memory of the victims of the violent events in Lewiston, Maine
√ Recognition of the work of the Superintendent, administrators, teachers, and staff during the traumatic events of October 25, 2023, and the days following
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√ Recognition of the work of Maine law enforcement agencies in supporting our schools and communities on October 25, 2023, and the days following, as well as on November 2, 2023
√ Welcome new Board members:
√ Andy Begin – appointed by Bowdoinham Select Board to serve in the position formerly held by Preston Hughes for the period October 20, 2023 –
November 5, 2024
Recognition of re-elected incumbents and a new Topsham Board member:
√ Mary Hobson – re-elected to a three-year term
√ Mike Timberlake – re-elected to a three-year term
√ Kim Pacelli – re-elected to a three-year term
√ River Khoriaty – newly-elected to a three-year term
√ RTTHS Students of the Quarter
√ Addie Brown (9th grade) – Foundations of Technology
√ Riley Coombs (9th grade) Jobs for Maine’s Graduates (JMG)
√ Kevin Hawkes (12th grade) – Auto Collision Repair
√ Matt Lemelin (11th grade) – Building Trades
√ Zachery McClenahan (9th grade) – Social Studies for Foundations
√ Brooke Moore (10th grade) – Early Childhood Education
√ Gretchen O’Connor (11th grade) – Creative Digital Media
√ Colby Porter (11th grade) – Metal Fabrication/Welding
√ Athletic Shout-outs:
√ Boys and girls soccer teams on their exciting sweep vs. Brunswick on October 17th – girls won a thriller 4-3 in double overtime, and boys the night with a 3-1 victory
√ Football team – won their opening round playoff game over Lake Region on October 21st here at home, 52-8 – The Eagles came up on the short end last week, as #3 Eagles lost to #2 Greely, in the playoff game.
√ Boys Soccer – In a hard-fought game, #4 boys soccer dropped the team’s replayed game to #5 Edward Little.
√ Girls Soccer – The girls team traveled north and was ousted by #1 Bangor.
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√ Congratulations to senior Lydia White and sophomore Ian Britt for qualifying for and participating in the November 4th MPA Class A Cross Country State Championship in Belfast
√ KVAC Conferences:
Golf KVAC All –Conference: Seniors Sam Betz & Isaac Wheeler
First Team Campbell Super Football Conference All-Star:
Dash Farrell (junior)
Thomas Sandelin (junior)
Phoenix Norton (sophomore)
Jahmir Barber (senior)
Caleb Kirchner (senior
Second Team Campbell Super Football Conference All-Star:
Wes Wallace (senior)
Parker Lohr (senior)
Owen Brigham (senior)
KVAC First Team All-Conference field hockey:
Phoebe FitzPatrick (senior)
Audrey Marchildon (senior)
KVAC Second Team All-Conference field hockey:
Lydia Hiltz (junior)
KVAC First Team All-Conference volleyball:
Elizabeth Putnam (senior)
KVAC Second Team All-Conference volleyball:
Cecilia Slocum (senior)
KVAC First Team All-Conference boys soccer:
Ethan Berry (junior)
Keegan Rose (senior)
KVAC Second Team All-Conference boys soccer:
Ethan Palmer (junior)
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KVAC First Team All-Conference girls soccer:
Islah Godo (junior)
Julianna Allen (sophomore)
Elena Willis (junior)
KVAC Second Team All-Conference girls soccer:
Jenna Jensen (sophomore)
Jaelyn Jensen (sophomore)
Katherine Therriault (freshman)
Kayleigh Wagg (sophomore)
2023 KVAC Fall All-Academic Team (all seniors):
Kasey Bergeron Danika Siatras
Ben Chonko Kaylynn Laplante
Nick Chonko Sarah Gray
Aidan Greenleaf Katherine Hawkes
Keegan Rowe Millard Kaydanze
Ben Therriault Lydia White
Phoebe FitzPatrick Sam Betz
Alex Graf Isaac Wheeler
Grace Keleher Natalie Curtis
Audrey Marchildon
√ Frank True – Large school south Coach of the Year
Frankie True – Large school south Assistant Coach of the Year
Jack Rioux – KVAC Class A Boys Coach of the Year
√ School events since October 12th Board meeting:
- Bowdoinham Community School:
November 2nd – Halloween parade and dance
Bowdoinham “Girls on the Run Team” continues to meet twice a week after school, leading up to the culminating 5K in Brunswick on November 12th.
- Williams-Cone School:
Playground slide was installed on November 4th and 5th
Potluck/Basket auction fundraiser on November 9th
- Woodside Elementary School:
1st grade open house on October 17th
Walk and bike to school date on October 19th
2nd grade open house on October 19th
5th grade open house on October 23rd continued next page ….
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Final walk and bike to school date on October 26th
- Middle School:
Spirit Series (This 21st century literacy and storytelling empowers students to strive for academic excellence while practicing core values and developing leadership, critical thinking and relationship skills while expressing themselves in highly engaging project-based learning.)
Celebration of Statewide Day of Welcome on November 3rd by Civil Rights team
- High School:
Hosted 16 Spanish exchange students for the past two weeks
√ Acceptance into the American Choral Directors Association All-Eastern Honor Choirs
(February 28-March 2, 2024, Providence, RI)
√ 2024 ACDA All-Eastern SSAA Choir (women’s choir):
Lydia Hiltz – Soprano 2 (11th grade)
Carly Satterfield – Soprano 2 (11th grade)
Rose Tuttle – Soprano 2 (12th grade)
Eleanor Young – Alto 1 (11th grade)
√ 2024 ACDA All-Eastern SATB Choir (mixed choir):
Claire Caton – Soprano 2 (12th grade)
Finn Dedek – Tenor 2 (10th grade)
Caleb Edwards – Bass 1 (10th grade)
Ashby Hayward – Bass 1 (10th grade)
Ryan Schultz – Bass 2 (10th grade)
√ Acceptance into Music Honor Festival
Maine District III (January 27-28, 2024,
Cony High School)
District III SSAA Choir:
Rose Tuttle – Soprano (12th grade)
Carly Satterfield – Soprano (11th grade)
Lydia Hiltz – Soprano (11th grade)
Madelyn Sweet – Soprano (9th grade) continued next page ….
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Claire Caton – Soprano (12th grade)
Lyra Legawiec – Alto (10th grade)
District III SATB Choir:
Katherine Kelly – Soprano (10th grade)
Lilly Ouellette – Soprano (10th grade)
Aslyn Tundel – Soprano (9th grade)
Nico Alberico – Alto (9th grade)
Eleanor Young – Alto (11th grade)
William Agius – Tenor (9th grade)
Finn Dedek – Tenor (10th grade)
Brady Yazwinski – Tenor (11th grade)
Caleb Edwards – Bass (10th grade)
Ashby Hayward – Bass (10th grade)
Ryan Schultz – Bass (10th grade)
District III Band:
McKenna Lamoreaux – Flute * (12th grade)
Addison Greenleaf – Oboe * (11th grade)
Lyra Legawiec – Bassoon * (10th grade)
Nathan Jung Dollinger – Clarinet (11th grade)
Molly Greenleaf – Alto Sax * (11th grade)
Bryce Holden – Horn – (10th grade)
Dillon Perry – Trumpet (11th grade)
*denotes top score
Maine Jazz All State (January 11-13, 2024
Camden Hills Region High School)
Jazz All State SSAA Choir:
Lyra Legawiec – Alto (10th grade)
Eleanor Young – Alto (11th grade)
Jazz All State SATB Choir:
Rose Tuttle – Soprano (12th grade)
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Jazz All State Honor Band:
Molly Greenleaf – Alto Sax * (11th grade)
*denotes top score
√ Acknowledgement of $1,100 donation ($1,000 from Corey E. Garver American Legion Post 202, plus $100 donated by WalMart) to provide snacks directly to all District schools from the Pricilla Fund at Post 202, and in accordance with Board policy to accept the donation in the amount of $1,100
√ Acknowledgement of 2023-2024 $1,000 mini-grant from Maine Environmental Education Association to John Hawley (Mt. Ararat Middle School), and in accordance with Board Policy to accept the grant award in the amount of $1,000
3.4 Board announcements and correspondence
3.4a To hear a presentation from Shawn Chabot and John Stivers on the RTTHS feasibility study regarding Region Ten becoming a four-year high school
3.5 To hear a report from student representatives to the Board of Directors
4. To consider action relative to approving as printed the minutes of the
October 12, 2023, regular meeting of the Board of Directors
5. OLD BUSINESS:
5.1 To consider a second reading and adoption of amended Policy ACAAA Transgender and Gender Expansive Students
5.2 To consider action to appoint Board members to serve on the Committees on which recently-resigned Board member Preston Hughes served:
➣ Region Ten Cooperative Board
➣ Board Facilities Committee
6. NEW BUSINESS:
6.1 To hear a report-out from Brandy Robertson, the Board’s Delegate to the October 21st MSBA Delegate Assembly
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6.2 To hear a report-out from Board members who attended the MSMA Fall Conference October 25-26, 2023
6.3 To consider approval of a request for an Outing Club overnight trip on
May 3-5, 2024, by Mt. Ararat High School Students to Adventure Bound in The Forks
6.4 To consider approval of a science/STEM trip to Panama City, Panama, for
10th-12th grade students from April 19-27, 2024
6.5 To consider action to create the stipend position of Special Chorus Director for the 2023-24 school year at Bowdoinham Community School
6.6 To consider action to appoint Board members to the Superintendent Hiring Committee
6.7 To consider supporting the Interim Superintendent’s request for a waiver from the Maine Department of Education to reduce (by two student days) the number of school attendance days in the 2023-24 academic year
6.8 Pursuant to 1 MRSA §405 (6) (A) to enter executive session for the purpose of discussing matters of employment
7. COMMITTEE REPORTS AND BOARD CHAIR’S REPORT:
7.1 Chair’s report
√ October 25th Board Chair workshop sponsored by MSBA
√ New Board member orientation at 5:00 p.m., Monday, November 13th
√ November 1st SEC (Superintendent’s Evaluation Committee) meeting
√ November 8th Orion Performing Arts Center committee meeting
√ November 28th Board workshop
√ November 30th Policy Committee meeting
√ December 1st Board Facilities Tour
√ Board meeting recordings archive follow-up
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√ Suggestions for December 14, 2023, Board meeting agenda items
7.2 October 16th Cooperative Board meeting
7.3 October 17th Finance Committee meeting
7.4 November 14th Budget Forum/Finance Committee meeting
7.4a To consider action on any recommendations coming from this report
7.5 October 25th Adult Education Advisory Committee meeting
7.6 October 25th Board Policy Committee meeting
7.7 November 16th Board CIA Committee meeting
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7.7a To consider action on any recommendations coming from this meeting
8. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT:
8.1 Resignations/retirements:
√ Matt Barry – Paraprofessional at the Center (resignation)
√ Cory Ingerson – Custodian, Woodside Elementary School (resignation)
√ Dave Lambertson – .5 FTE Physical Education teacher, Harpswell Community School (resignation)
√ Lyndsay Frank – Administrative Assistant, main office, Mt. Ararat Middle School (resignation)
8.2 Financial Report
8.3 Interim Superintendent’s update
8.4 THRIVE
8.5 November 15th coffee with Lawrence Alexander
8.6 Enrollment update (October 1, Child Count)
8.7 Zoom webinar for District employees with Greg Marley of NAMI Maine entitled “Recovery and Healing after a Tragedy”
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9. CALENDAR/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
{Events listed include dates of the period of November 16, 2023 through January 2, 2024. The events listing has been expanded due to the holidays, with no planned mailings to Board members until the agenda packet for the December 16th Board meeting is issued.}
November 13, 2023
New Board Member Orientation – 5-6:00 p.m.
Heidi O’Leary’s office
November 14, 2023
Finance Committee meeting (budget forum) – 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Relocated to Middle School Learning Commons
November 16, 2023
Board CIA Committee meeting – 5-6:30 p.m.
Room 088 Mt. Ararat High School
November 16, 2023 ONLY BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER
Regular meeting Board of Directors – 6:30 p.m.
Forum Mt. Ararat High School
November 20, 2023
Cooperative Board meeting – 6:30 p.m.
Region Ten Technical High School – Church Road, Brunswick
Calendar note
November 21, 2023 – PK-5 early dismissal
Calendar note
November 22, 2023 – PD day (K-12 Comp Day)
Calendar note
November 23, 2023
Holiday – Thanksgiving Day
District-wide
Calendar note
November 24, 2023
Holiday – Thanksgiving Break
District-wide
November 28, 2023
Board workshop – 6-8:00 p.m. (refreshments at 5:30 p.m.)
Middle School Learning Commons
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November 30, 2023
Board Policy Committee meeting – 6-7:30 p.m.
Room 088 Mt. Ararat High School
December 1, 2023
Board Facilities Tour – 7:15 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
December 5, 2023
Board Management meeting – 11:15-1:15 p.m.
Heidi O’Leary’s office
December 7, 2023
Holding date for possible Board Committee meeting – 6-7:30 p.m.
Room 088 Mt. Ararat High School
December 11, 2023
Finance Committee – 6-7:30 p.m.
Relocated to Room 088 Mt. Ararat High School
December 14, 2023
Board CIA Committee meeting – 5-6:20 p.m. (note end time)
Room 088 Mt. Ararat High School
December 14, 2023 ONLY BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER
Regular meeting Board of Directors – 6:30 p.m.
Forum Mt. Ararat High School
December 18, 2023
Cooperative Board meeting – 6:30 p.m.
Region Ten Technical High School – Church Road, Brunswick
Calendar note
December 22, 2023
Holiday – District-wide
Winter Break I begins.
Calendar note
December 25, 2023
Holiday – District-wide
Calendar note
January 1, 2024
Holiday – District-wide
Winter Break I ends.
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January 2, 2024
Students return to school.
January 2, 2024
Board Management meeting – 11:15-1:15 p.m.
Heidi O’Leary’s office
10. ADJOURNMENT