001Welcome to this evening's Augusta Board of Education special meeting. It is August 4th, 2025. We are here in the CATC cafeteria and it is 5:32. And just to let people who may be listening to this meeting know we do have two executive sessions scheduled to go in and out of and because of the way that we record these sessions, we can't close down and open up. So when we go into executive session, we will just leave this on, but you will just see a notice on the screen while we're in executive session. So if you would like to join us, we will start with we will have with you item number three and we will reconvene at item number four. So for those of you who are listening in and trying to follow this, that's
002the plan for this evening. So with that said, I will move on. I'll go around and let people introduce themselves who are here because I see we have some new faces. So I'll start. I'm Martha Wom. I'm the board chair and we'll go to my left. Michelle Warner, administrative assistant board for >> Charlie Hicks, headline, assistant superintendent. >> Jennifer Watson, um assistant principal candidate. Uh Cody R the new machine tool welding instructor Chris Con the CT for fire director of CTC >> Brian York assistant principal Coney High School >> Joe Felli assistant principal Coney High School candidate >> uh Stacy Fortunado Ward one Susan Parks ward two Janine Ross business manager >> Mike Tracy superintendent school >> and as you heard we was we were scrambling a little bit for a quorum. We do have
003um three of our members absent this evening or four of our members, but we have enough for a quorum, so we will continue. Uh the next item on the agenda is item number three, which is consent matters. And um I'll let you take that, Mr. Tracy. >> Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. We have three um candidates that we'd like to get hired um this sooner the better. That's why we're doing this tonight and not at next week's board meeting. Um but we have three candidates. One is Cody Ralph, machine tool instructor, CATC. Kim Gurnie, sixth grade teacher, Fington. Christopher Connor, firefighter and firefighting and EMT instructor, CATC. Those are the three nominations this evening. >> And usually we accept these as a group. If any board members would like any names taken out of the
004list, we can do that. If not, I will entertain a motion. >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> I second. It's been moved and seconded. Discussion. >> Do you want to just tell us a little bit about your new potential staff members? Nick, sure. >> Give us a little intro since they're with us this evening. >> Chris Connor, Captain Bucksport Fire Department and EMS. Um, and this is Cody Rally. Works at Kenned Technologies right down the street from us here. we've got a great partnership with and he's joining us from >> Madam Chair. I'll just I'll just say that we looked through job descriptions. They went through the process, the interview process. I got to meet additionally with both candidates and we have two gentlemen who are superior in their
005field. We're uh um some teaching between the two of them. They've done some teaching, but this will be their first step. I'm working with high school kids formally at this at this level, but they've got a prepoundonderance of experience in their fields, overqualified for uh what they'll be teaching. So pleased to have both of those candidates here tonight >> and we're we're really proud of the CATC program that we have here and we're happy to have you joining our staff. So hopefully it's going to be a welcome. I don't know why it would, but let's see what happens. Okay, further discussion hearing none, please vote. at a vote. >> Do I have to vote? >> Yeah, >> I do have to vote. Don't >> I do on a vote of five to zero, >> you've
006been approved for your position. So, welcome aboard. >> And now, as we say to people at this portion of the meeting, you can leave. [Music] >> You're more than welcome to stay and sit through these executive sessions that are in another room if you'd like to. Thanks everybody. >> Welcome. We're so glad to have you. >> I make a motion to enter into executive session pursuant to 1 MRSA 4056A regarding personnel. >> I second. >> Been moved and seconded discussion. Hearing none, please vote to enter executive session. And on a vote of 5 to zero, we have entered into executive session. Do we want to go in that other room or can we just shut doors here? >> We go in the green room because we've got different candidates. >> Oh, right. Yeah. >> Shelby
007and While you're doing that, I'll just see a minute. You on >> Okay. I will entertain a motion. >> Make a motion to enter, excuse me, exit from executive session. I second that. moved and seconded discussion. Hearing none, please vote to exit executive session and a vote of five to zero. We are executive session and we have a new one of our board members joining us. April Dan Boyce is with us now. And just to bring you up to speed, April, we have just had two executive sessions with assistant principal candidates for the high school. Uh Jennifer Watson >> Watson and Joe Belli. Did I say that correctly? got it. >> Uh Jennifer would be the assistant one tagged with the middle school. And so we've just come out of executive session. And now our
008next our next business is under item four, new business. And I will entertain a motion. >> I make a motion to approve Joseph Velli as the high school assistant principal. >> I second. >> Moved and seconded. Discussion hearing. None. Please vote. You can vote on a vote of five to zero. We have a new assistant, one one of our new assistant, Princess, Joe Basil. So, [Applause] >> I will entertain a motion. >> I make a motion to approve Jennifer Watson as the middle school assistant principal. >> I second. >> It's been moved and seconded. Discussion hearing none. Please vote. And on a vote of 5 to zero, Jennifer Watson has been approved. [Applause] And with that, >> make a motion to adjurnn. >> I second. >> Moved and seconded discussion. Hearing none, please vote. And
009on a vote of 5 to zero, we stand as journed at 6:00. Boy, that was good. And you guys are not expected to stay for the our committee meetings unless you're really curious.