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SAD 55 School Board Meeting 9-3-25

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Source
YouTube / Sacopee Tv
Date
2025-09-04
Location
Oxford County, ME
Material
Transcript
Extent
993 words · about 6 min
Collected
2026-06-08

Transcript

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001One month in is not super exciting report. Expenses are in line for the for the first month of the year. Food service expenses exceed revenue as always at the start of the year. We'll start collecting revenue as the year goes on. Uh common practice and adult ed revenues exceed expenses and are in line with the budget. Our first month went off without a hitch financially in 50 bucks. Construction transportation and safety committee. Sound like a broken record. I've been saying the same things forever. Uh so Jeff Fleming, our architect, has submitted the design for the wait room to the fire marshall. Receive tenative approval. I promise uh I will let this board know the second we receive approval and we'll put it out to bid. Uh, that's the field's donation of $100,000 to expand our

002weight room. I think we are super close. I thought I'd be able to announce tonight that we have the permit. I think we are going to get the permit. I'm on TV. I don't want to promise something, but I'm 96% confident a permit is coming to build the expansion of the weight room. We've been talking about that for a while. Uh, getting close to resolving the elementary septic issue that we've been talking for a while. Uh, the pumps have come in after being on back order for x number of months. Uh Sue Day helped us get to the bottom of that. So appreciative to Sue. Uh they did unplug the end of the line. We anticipate when the new pumps are in uh and some work uh final work. Our elementary septic will be working

003well. Uh few trees on the walkound. Construction recommended looking for some trees. Uh we did find a few limbs, trees, etc. Now we did a walkound. Uh we'll work we're still working to chase down uh one more quote. We'll look to remove anything that that could be dangerous. It's the same construction report I've been giving for a while. Uh, wrapping all these items up. I just want to compliment the maintenance crew with the grove that's out here. It is absolutely gorgeous. They have taken it out all the seedlings and the saplings and it looks like a forest. It's beautiful. Thank you, J. And I think that that team has done a wonderful job. If you look at our outdoors and the lining of the fields and I think Sue sent an email the other day

004that every maintenance request internally was taken care of through the entire summer. If you've seen our buildings and uh they wax the staircases and the floors that kids came back to shiny sparkling buildings. That team is to be credited. Judy, I missed that one. Thanks for saying so. They did a wonderful job. You're right. You should visit the elementary school and look at the floors. It's like shockingly shiny. like so clean if you feel bad if you walk on them. Thank you, Judy. All right. Uh curriculum committee had no um August meeting, so their next meeting is September 10th at 4 p.m. Wellness committee had no meeting. Next meeting has not been set. Lake Region has not um had a meeting and their next meeting has not been set yet. And same thing with the

005adult education advisory committee. Um we have the next meeting. Oh, you do? Yes. Okay. Yep. Yep. Just second. It is um October 7th. Thank you very much. Policy committee report on August 13th meeting. Um the committee decided at the August meeting uh that the following policies are ready for a first read at the full board meeting in September. EFDA, the school nutrition program collection of money. EF the competitive food sales and EFBA menu development/options offer versus serve. Um the committee recommends removing the following policies at the next full board meeting in September. EFC, the free and reduced price food services, EFDA-R, school nutrition program collection procedure, and GDM support staff career development opportunities. Um, our next meeting is September 10th at 3. Policy and curriculum have swapped time slots starting next meeting. And that was

006as exciting as ever. Okay. Um so action items coming out of policy are consideration to approve the following policies as a first read EFDA school nutrition program collection of money EF competitive food sales and EFBA menu development options offer first serve a motion for to approve first read Jill, thank you. Uh, discussion questions. All in favor? We won't let them sit next to each other next time. Right. Probably just me. Um, consideration to approve the following policies as second read and adoption. CBI evaluation of superintendent ACA-R student discrimination and title 9 sexual harassment complaint procedures ACAB-R employee discrimination harassment and title 9 harassment complaint procedures IHVA MS A55 LA Yeah. So, Judy, John, questions, discussion? Those in favor? And consideration to remove the following policies? EFC, free and reduced price food services. EFDA-R school nutrition

007program collection procedure and GDM support staff career development opportunities for a motion. So second Don Judy discussion those in favor. Okay. Superintendent report. Uh so this will be very brief just reading some names uh folks who may be watching appointments. Jaclyn Anderson, special ed edtech at our elementary. Katrina Stacy, part-time edtech at our elementary. Haley Kapano, varsity field hockey assistant coach and resignations. Jacob Hutton, JB Boy soccer. Becky Willard, prek edtech. Savannah Kim, special edtech at the elementary school. And just one uh quick announcement, I'd be the first to say uh just for anyone watching. Early in this meeting, the board voted to amend the agenda as is their right per policy be and change the first meeting of the month in October to be October 8th, not October 1st. So, it's officially been changed

008to October 8th at 700 p.m. through a board vote. And we'll get that information out uh on the sign website, etc. Um, so how many more edte do we need? Uh, to the people watching us in the world that they might want a job. More than one. What's that? Uh, several. I would say fiveish, plus or minus handful. Uh, too many honestly. And and for folks want uh something that I think a lot of districts face uh even the more affluent districts who pay a far greater salary than we pay have the same struggle. Uh we really appreciate the work of our educational technicians who do a great job with our students. Thankful for those we have and certainly anybody watching that would like to join. Yes, we have spots available. So please uh it's

009online www.sap55.org. I'm running an ad here. Yes, you are. How about that? Applications right online. Thank you, Amy. Congratulate Jane as well for signing college football. Oh, that's a great idea. Go ahead and say it. I don't know. I tried to look up. I didn't Yeah, I didn't see it. I saw it. Where did I see it on the football? Yeah. Oh, yes. I saw that. Candace Wells. Yes. Congratulations for signing. Signing with what was the college? I don't know. One of the plays to watch. All right. Congratulations. Yeah. [Music] Westfield State University athletics. Does that sound right? Congratulations, Janice. Wonderful. Doesn't have anything to do with it. Um, how is the back piano boy doing? He had a scholarship. Is it last year? play baseball. The particular in orno. Yeah, he's playing. He is.

010And then over the summer he played for a collegiic league in the Aderondex. Oh, nice. Wonderful. All right.

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