001Hello, Shannon. >> Hi. >> All righty. >> We can hear you. Good. All right. >> Oh, good. >> All right. We can hear you. We can see you. That's good. >> Perfect. and Charlotte will do the same here shortly. >> That's a great idea. Uh yeah, why don't you go ahead and mute him >> and then we'll wait for Charlotte. Yeah. Okay. >> Charlotte, can you hear us? >> That was a a robust >> robust discussion. >> Yes, I can. >> Perfect. We just want to double check. I'm going to mute us again on our end. Thanks. Hey Charlotte, can you hear me? Good. >> Repeat. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. Are we good to go? >> We are. >> All right. Thank you so much. Um, good evening and
002welcome to the Scarboro Board of Education business meeting. The date is Thursday, July 17th, 2025. Um, Ray, can we call the attendance, please? >> Yes. Miss Jacobs, >> here. >> Miss Mr. Keller, >> here. Miss Lindstöm >> here. >> Mr. Rockensty >> here. >> Mr. Tarpinion >> here. >> Mr. Pinehuff >> here. >> Thank you so much. Uh would everyone please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the >> of the United States of America >> and to the republic for which it stands. One nation >> under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> It's like row, row, row your boat. >> Yeah. Joys of technology. >> All right. Um, agenda item 4.0 is approval of the June 26, 2025 workshop and business meeting minutes.
003So, if there are no objections, we will approve those. All right. Hearing none. Agenda item 5.0 is a non um non just a a consent agenda item. It's the June resignations, retirements, and new hires. So, um for the board, I would ask you to look at um the board folder if you haven't already to see um see those postings, those listings. And Shannon, I would just add um you know, it is a lengthy list this month, but that is because all the retirements um from June are posted on there. So, you know, just as a point of information to the board, uh out of that very lengthy list, there are only four resignations of support staff and >> Oh, thank you for that explanation. >> All the other listings are retirements. Thank you. All right.
004Agenda item 6.0 are adjustments to the agenda. Are there any adjustments to make this evening? >> I have none. I have none there. Okay. Um, agenda item 7.0 is the superintendent report. So, for this, I'll turn it over to you, Diane. >> Great. And I know Rey is getting ready to share. Excellent. You can forward that please. Great. So this evening um again um just uh as a review uh summer is in full swing. Uh you know July is the month where um across the district uh most of our district administrators and building administrators are trying to catch their breath a little bit and take a little bit of time. Um so I think we're all kind of in and out on uh at different points in time. That being said, uh there is certainly
005a lot going on uh this summer as there has been every summer. Uh we have lots of hiring taking place. You're going to hear um about some of those appointments this evening. Um I am happy to report that the transformer work at the middle school is complete. It was complete ahead of schedule and power was restored last week. Uh so that's exciting uh because that means that f folks can be back in the building um and not displaced uh for any long amount of time. Uh we also have all of our student academic uh programming for the summer happening. So that includes um extended school year services for special education students. um academic programming uh that we're offering uh at um our elementary schools and at the high school. Uh the middle school will have
006their program at the beginning of August and uh we will have kinder camp in August as well. So um lots of exciting things happening on that front. Um, also just want to let you all know that the track work is progressing nicely. It's taking shape and it is on schedule. Um, and so that's great. We haven't had uh a lot of weather issues that have delayed any of that. Uh, so we're looking forward to that. Um, and then just our usual summer projects are one underway. Um, for example, right now at the high school, um, the administrative offices are getting an overhaul, um, that was much needed with, you know, fresh paint and, um, some furnishings and, um, the AP room in the high school, which many of you probably recall because we've hosted larger
007meetings there. Um, that whole room is getting completely redone, paint, um, carpeting, furnishings. So, you know, th that's just a sample of, you know, some of the many pieces of work that Todd um is juggling and overseeing this summer. So, lots of exciting things happening even though um school is out of session. I did want to spend um some time this evening um sharing with you some information about um school construction programs. I did um share with you last week um we received our rankings. Um if you recall last summer uh we worked on four applications um for Capitol school construction through the state of Maine. Um that was a lengthy project that took place over several weeks last summer. Um and uh we received information last week and Shannon had asked me to provide
008a little bit um more um education for folks about how this all works. So if you could move uh to the next slide, please Ray. So um the main DOE assists districts in improving the quality and condition of learning environments. um that is um uh under um some uh verbiage through the state board of education chapter 61. Um they have had several different ranking cycles. They do not do this on a yearly basis. It it happens um you know um less often than uh you might think. So previously uh there was a ranking cycle in 2010 2011. At that point in time uh 71 schools in the state had submitted applications. Um in 2017 2018 there were another 74 applications submitted. Um at that time Scar Bro had submitted four applications. Um and you can
009see here that our rankings um in 2017 2018 had placed um eight corners at 34th out of 74 projects. Pleasant Hill 36th out of 74 projects, Blue Point 49th out of 74 projects, and the middle school at 59th place out of 74 projects. Um, uh, in this current ranking cycle that we just received notification of last week, there were 95 total applications that, um, were scored. Um, Eight Corners, interestingly enough, ranked in the exact same position, 34th out of 95 projects. Pleasant Hill ranked 39th out of 95 projects. Bluepoint ranked 59th out of 95 projects and the middle school ranked 60th. What I will let you know about is um in the 2017 2018 list of those 74 schools nine projects came off the list. So, um you will notice that in this last cycle,
010even though our rankings are pretty similar, um several more schools who submitted applications seemingly who scored higher than we did. Um the next slide I I'll explain to you what's what's comprised of those uh what that process involves and what is comprised of the scores. So the way this process works anytime the DOE opens it um is that schools submit applications to the state as I said we did that last summer. Um the second step is that the state convenes one facilities team four people. it was this time um who sets a schedule and those four individuals visit every school. So um you know in terms of uh calibrating or making sure that the scoring is being applied consistently because it's the same for people visiting all of the schools that's built in. Um and
011so they spent this entire school year visiting schools across the state. They happened to visit us in March. um of this year. And then as they closed out all of those visits, they created priority lists um that are developed and that are shared out. And um again, you'll see that there are links here for that. Um Shannon asked me um specifically the question um is the ranking that a school receives based on um your property tax base or um you know the economics of your community and that is not included in that score at all. So I've listed here um for clarity for you that there are three major categories that are included in ranking. Um uh the first category is building and grounds. That's um a category that's worth 90 points. So it is
012the most heavily weighted category. Um that looks at things like um what are some things that might be considered unsafe um conditions. Uh that means uh that that looks specifically at uh things about the building that might be unsafe. For example, uh the boiler room, electrical storage, stairwells, environmental hazards, security concerns, etc. And then the second component that goes into unsafe um conditions is the site. Uh and that looks at um what does the traffic pattern look like? with circulation. Um uh they look at um environmental conditions, water quality, our sewer system um and play areas. Um the second part that is included in building and grounds is what's called obsolete, inefficient or unsuitable. That category uh is worth 35 out of 35 points. Um and that includes program related uh facility deficiencies like um
013looking at non-instructional and instructional areas, looking at room size and arrangement, um looking at the size of each site and their location and handicap accessibility. The um other component that makes up obsolete, inefficient and unsuitable is mechanical and building systems. And so that really looks at the building envelope, heating, ventilation, plumbing, and electrical. Um the the second priority category is school population. Uh that category you can see is worth much less than the building and grounds category. That's worth 45 points. Um the first section on that is overcrowding. And so that looks at um what is the status of general classroom areas in terms of overcrowding? What is the status of specialist spaces in terms of overcrowding? The second um section within um school population is program scheduling. Um and um program scheduling is um
014looking at um do we have um do we have to offer extended school day programming because we can't program our kids in during the whole day? Um do students have to be released from school because of overcrowding? Uh that happens at some high schools for example in the state when they can't um you know have enough space to schedule kids in. Um and it also has to do with our um classes for example um being scheduled in areas that aren't really classrooms, right? Like are they making use of other spaces? Um so those are the pieces that uh are related to overcrowding. And then the second component within school population is enrollment and population shifts. That is 18 out of those 45 points. Um and that really is about estimates um based on enrollment projections
015and um you know any unusual population shifts that might occur in a district. The final area priority uh is um program and planning that is worth 65 points. So you can see that, you know, as you look at these categories, building and grounds are weighted the heaviest, program and pla planning is kind of in the middle and school population is weighted the least. Um program and planning um looks at a variety of specific programs and content areas. And so uh they look at um what are the programs and planning that you have for things like guidance, ELA, health and PE, math, world language, science, technology, social studies, visual performing arts, um library and special education and other special services. And so that is how those that total of points um is derived at. Um, and
016again, because you have the same four people visiting all of the schools, um, they're being consistent in how they're scoring every school that they look at. If you want to move to the next slide. Um, other key considerations for you to know about is, um, when these folks come in to do scoring, they don't score or assess the conditions of our portables in any rankings. Um, because portables are considered temporary space. Um, those are local decisions that are made. And so they're not going to say, "Oh, your portable is 30 years old and it really looks like it's falling apart." we're going to give you points for that. Um, so they don't do that. Portables can factor into scoring though, um, based on something I said to you a minute ago, which is if we
017have a number of students, um, you know, that are housed there for their programs or um, if they present safety issues. And so um the three major drivers for um this ranking is what is the extent of needs, what is the cost of construction and then um what are the available state funds. Um if you want to move to the next slide please. I've linked here um for your information and for the public's information um all the evaluation reports for each of the schools that were rated not only this time but also in 2017 2018. So, if you're interested or curious about, you know, um how each school ranked, um I've also including included a listing of the complete state priority list of 95 schools so that you can see other schools in the state
018and where they ranked. I will note to you um that the top two schools on the list actually um are not currently open because of fire. So, you know, their schools burned down, so they're at the top of the list as they should be. Um, so, you know, so again, when we think about what our needs are, all of this is very relative, right? Um, and then I've also included for you um just um some of the language from chapter 61 about what the rules are for the rating system um if you're curious. But I think, you know, I've I've um tried to give you a hearty overview here. Um on the next slide, I have some fun facts for you about the status of Maine schools as it relates to building construction. Um out
019of the 600 schools in the state of Maine, about 500 of them are going to require replacement or renovation in the next 20 years. Um because many of our schools were built in a similar time period. Maine also only invests $150 million per year on debt service towards school construction. And as you know, the cost of a new building um of a new school is close to that yearly amount. And so that really hinders the state's ability to fund, you know, many of these projects. it's, you know, unlikely that more than five of these projects will get funded in the next cycle. Um, many states, uh, like Maine are in similar positions with aging infrastructure. Um, and you know, communities find themselves with limited finances. Uh there have certainly been efforts at the federal level
020to secure resources, but you know the current status is that this either is a state issue um and in most cases a local issue for uh communities to resolve. Um Maine uh relies on financing of school construction. So that $150 million um amount that they spend each year is really debt service. And so all of the construction and renovation happens through the sale of bonds and loans. Uh because Maine doesn't have um a vehicle right now as some other states do, right? like some states have a special statewide tax or a revenue source like the lottery that might go to education or something like that and that isn't something that is true for the state of Maine right now. Um and uh Maine is also only one of 10 states that provide more than 50%
021of school construction funding for approved projects on the top of the list. And um there the commissioner did put together a committee to study um the status of school construction and uh they made some recommendations and one of the recommendations that came out of that committee this spring was perhaps um this model of funding fully funding a select number of schools is not working at this time because the needs are so much greater and you know is there another mechanism to look at this that would um provide some state share but then also some local share. Um so just wanted to make sure that I was um ensuring that you have a full understanding of um how how this process worked. Um and certainly um there's no ex you know there is absolutely no expectation
022that we will receive any funding um in this rating cycle um having scored the way that we did. Um it would be unheard of for them to fund uh at least 34 projects. Um and so I think that uh you know we are uh well positioned um having had our own uh building committee be working on a solution for 18 months. Um and again I would also you know strongly suggest that even if there were another rating cycle in five years if we take a look at the pattern that we see in front of us it is highly unlikely that Scar Bro would score at the top of the lists. Thank you, Diane. Are there any questions or comments for Diane? >> Um, I will just say it's incredibly disheartening to first off, when you
023look at the rating sheet and I can understand fire and I can understand a school being um needing a complete rebuild due to a devastating event like that. However, when you look at the list and you're looking at the buildings to see security come in at number 10 is really a disheartening thing. And so I wonder if we can provide some feedback. I know you said the committee already provided their recommendations, but I look at the security concerns we have and certainly I'm biased and certainly I can recognize that bias, but in this day and age it would seem to me that security is more important than some of these other items in my mind, right? when you look at the the criteria to be 10th out of 15, that seems to be pretty low
024on the priority list to me. And so when I look at our list and I'm disheartened that we're as low as we are, but then I also look at the rating list and I'm it it feels like we could do a little bit better across the state from my perspective. And maybe it is uh relooking at the funding and perhaps we reimagine what that looks like and not every not only the top schools get full funding that you know maybe we spread the wealth a little bit more and other schools get some funding some help. And so it's kind of a mixed bag where you're asking for some help from your community but you're also asking for help from the state. if we're gonna see 500 schools in need of repair in the next however
025many years you said to only fund four projects a year every seven years is going to get us nowhere as a state and so I guess I would be curious if um there's any way for us as a board to provide some feedback to the state DOE >> yeah and and again I don't think that this conversation in regards to uh looking at other mechanisms is a closed conversation. I think that uh this was the beginning point for that and so I would expect that this will continue um to be coming up in conversation especially with the uh results that everyone is currently in receipt of right um when I had provided that information to you last week I only had the full list of 95 and I didn't have our our own scores um
026and so So, I didn't know what all of our scores were comprised of and I I did receive those on um when I guess yeah, Wednesday, yesterday. Um so, wanted to make sure that um that I was including that as public information as well. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Charlotte has her hand up. >> Oh, thank you, Charlotte. Go ahead. >> Um thank you, Diane. That was all really helpful. And I think because I'm new to the school board, I just um have some like clarifying questions. >> Sure. >> Did any of that um data from past years help plan like with the ESPback with their process and planning? >> I don't Can you say that in a different way? I didn't quite get that. Did the data from the the DOE um in this
027report did that inform any of like the planning process with the the ESPback? Um so ESPback was aware of what our 2017 2018 scores were. I actually had provided a presentation very similar to this um to them last spring um or late last winter when we had first started meeting. Um, so the other thing that I didn't mention to all of you is, you know, um, Scar Bro's in a little bit of a better position than other communities in terms of, um, we do take a lot of, um, pride and spend some significant funds each year in maintaining our facilities. as all of you know, if you look at like um what's in our CIP budget and when the state comes and does rankings, they do not take points away, if you will. They there's
028a holdarmless provision. So, if we scored, you know, let's say really high for having inefficient heating systems in 2018 and then we replaced a boiler this time, they don't say, "Oh, well, we're erasing that score from you and now you're going to score higher." They maintain that score um because they don't want to punish districts for trying to be part of the solution. But even with that, um, you know, our scores are what they are. Thank you, Charlotte. Are there any any other questions or or thoughts to share? All right, moving on. Our agenda item 8.0 is the chair's report. Um, I just really have two things since we're in the summer and it is our our quiet season. The first is that the town council met last night. Um, they did have on their
029agenda to vote on the recommendation from the SBAC. Um, and it was theirs was broken up similar to ours where they considered the two separate questions that the SBAC asked um to place on the ballot. The first being the um K2 schools Wentworth and the the first part of the middle school um renovations. The second question was the um additional monies $10 million to be spent on the additional renovation at the middle school that would allow us to completely um plan for all of our projected enrollment. Um the council did ultimately vote and decided by um unanimously to I'm sorry not unanimously to u move forward with the SBAC recommendation as they presented it. So what will appear on the ballot is two separate questions. The first question is um as I mentioned the K2
030solution, the Wentworth a small addition and the first middle school um renovation that would bring the school up to um up to would would provide for the updated and enlarged cafeteria, the separate music space. Um that would and to replace the sixth grade portables with the building extensions and additions. if that if you vote if a constituent votes yes to that, they then get to vote on the second question, which is the additional $10 million um to fund the additional um renovation at the middle school. So, that is what will appear on the ballot. So, I'll take a pause for the questions on that. Okay, seeing none, the second is a um our annual it is that time of year again time for the um MSBA annual delegate assembly um all of our favorite thing
031right that we we look forward to every year the stories that come back from that um this year it is scheduled for Saturday October 18th it is going to be a virtual conference um it will start at 9:30 a.m. Um, and so what I'm looking for right now is that I um looking for a volunteer from our board that would like to attend the the annual delegate assembly. And what this means, so let me kind of explain this because I know we have a couple of newer um board members that um haven't had this experience yet. So the delegate the first off the MSBA that that acronym stands for the main school boards association and that is the advocacy group for school boards in the state of Maine. So um what they do every year
032is they hold a delegate assembly where they invite one um delegate from each district to attend and consider updates to the MSBA constitution and bylaws. So essentially what it does is it it directs the MSBA um in their advocacy efforts. It helps them to determine what what is going to be their um their priorities. What are going what are their views going to be? What are they going to try and um discuss with our elected officials. All of those things um are really discussed at the delegate meeting. So what we're looking for is a volunteer, someone who is willing to really advocate on behalf of Scarboro, someone who is willing to um share the views that we will that as a board that we agree to express. Um that is the role of the delegate
033at the October 18th assembly. What will happen is leading up to that event is we the MSBA will release a list of updated bylaw changes, updated constit or proposed bylaw changes, proposed constitution changes, and we as a board will consider them at a at a future board meeting. The delegates responsibility is to then represent our board's views at the assembly. Okay. So, um, right now, do I have a a volunteer, someone who wants to serve as the delegate for Scarboro? I feel like I could be too new, but I'm happy to help. Um, but also understand if it makes sense for somebody else to do it. Oh, hold on one second. >> Can you say that again, Charlotte? I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. >> How many? >> Um I I know I'm I'm kind
034of new, so I don't know if it makes sense for a more seasoned um member to join, but I'm happy to volunteer to do it. Um if that if that's helpful. >> Awesome. Thank you, Charlotte. And then did I hear something from inside, too? Yes, this is Freyla. I I nominated Charlotte who was willing to do it and I'm happy to tell her sort of to give her a little pre-training so she feels prepared. >> Yeah, absolutely. Charlotte um Freila's done it for us for the last two years. Um and has been really great and I I think quite frankly I think um if I'm mist not mistaken, Freay, you did it on your first year in on the board as well. So it's um don't worry about being new. will um really um Freya
035can help guide you which is wonderful. Thank you for offering that Freila. And then like I said the board will kind of provide our feedback and we'll discuss it as a body so you'll know going in what our concerns are. So be great. Thank you so much. I appreciate you volunteering, Charlotte. >> Yeah, thank you. I'm uh excited for the opportunity. >> Yeah, wonderful. All right, so I will put Charlotte down. Um, that is all I have for the chair's report. Are there any questions for me? All right, seeing none, um, agenda item 9.0 are committee assignments. This is again a non-action item. Um, we have a, um, you'll see below that is a committee report. Um those are reports that we I have on the agenda even though our committees are in flux right
036now because they're not seated. So but we have had one committee that has met. So I did want to provide an opportunity for them to give an update. But um for now agenda item 9.0 are the assignments. So I will just read them off for the community's um knowledge. Um first is the finance committee that will be chaired by Mitchell Freila and Charlotte will also serve on that committee. The policy committee policy committee will be aired by Freila and Jillian and Shannon and myself will sit on that. Long range planning committee will be chaired by John with Mitchell and Charlotte serving on that committee as well. Negotiations will be chaired by Freaya with John and the new board member who is yet to be elected sitting seated on that committee. Um I will until we
037fill that seat in November I will serve on that committee. The what are we on? Fifth committee is the outreach and communication um team. That chair is Charlotte with Jillian and the new board member serving. Again, that is a seat I will fill until we elect the new board member in November. The curriculum committee will be chaired by Jillian with Mitchell and John serving on that committee. And then for our liaison re roles, um our legislative liaison will be Freya. Our vocational liaison will be the new board member that um again yet to when we get them in November. Until then, I can serve in that capacity. Um the teacher evaluation liaison will be Mitchell. The district emergency management team will be myself. The prek task force will be Charlotte. The dropout prevention team. The
038comprehensive needs assessment planning team. John. The transportation and bus safety team will be John and then the town council liaison is Jillian. >> So there any questions or any thoughts on that? Okay. Hearing none. Um we will um all we can all discuss with our new board members how we we chair committees. Um but I would definitely um just refer you back to thinking about how um our responsibilities as a chair. It's something we can talk about in our goal setting. Um that's a meeting that's coming up at the end of the month. we'll get everybody squared away and really looking at um getting these committees started back up in August, you know, ahead of the school year, maybe September, too. All right, agenda item um 10.0 are committee reports. And as I just mentioned,
039the committees um have been in flux because we have a new start of a new um term for our board members. So um I would wanted to open the floor if there was any committee reports that need um updating. I know we have one committee we'll hear from which is policy. We'll hear about the um first reading coming up. But is there anybody that had a committee or lessison on report they wanted to share? Okay. Hearing none we'll move on. Agenda item 11.0 is general public comment. Um Freila Ray, is there anybody in the room wishing to make general public comment? >> There is not. We do have a lot of empty chairs. >> Everybody's probably enjoying the summer, right? >> Going on in Memorial Park tonight with food trucks that we drove by to
040get here. >> Yes, you can go visit when we're done. Yes. >> Anybody online? I'm just verifying. Yeah, I don't see anybody online. So, I will close general public comment. Um, agenda item 12.0 is new business. 12.1 is the ad hoc school solution communications committee governance document. Um, this I'm not going to read it word for word. It is in everyone's um folder. It's also posted online for the community to see. Um, really what um as a reminder and a refresher as to how we got here. Um, we wrote this because the the SBAC upon um completing their work um disbanded in which I I I need to take one step back. Cheryl, I forgot to ask. Can we please remove the SBAC committee and the community center ad hoc committee leaison role? Can we
041take those off of the website, please? >> Yes. >> Thank you. Um anyway, so the SBAC has disbanded but the communications committee was interested in continuing their work and but needed some direction um in the absence of the larger committee. So this document you see in front of you um and that you've had is a draft governance document that would create a new ad hoc committee for our school board. So what would happen is the communications committee would report um to just the board going forward. Their term would be from now until the November referendum. Um, and they're what we are looking for them to do and this would be open to anybody in Scarboro who is interested in serving. Um, and it would give the um committee members an opportunity to um draw in
042new participation should people be interested in participating. Uh, two board members will uh serve on this committee. Um and then the committee uh can also take um take it use or use avail themselves to staff resources when available. So um that should be communicated through Diane and through um Rey in the absence of Diane. Um that should be coordinated between the committee chair and and Diane. Um the committee will elect a chair and a vice chair from among their members. Um so after um you know after we discuss this and get this document to where we'd like it and approved that is that is the committee's role is to elect then a chair and a vice chair. Um they run and are authorized under the board. So they are subject to the same policies procedures
043and protocols that the school board is subject to. Um that includes making all of their meetings available to the public. um giving three days at least a three-day notice of any meetings that they are holding. Um they should clearly post their agendas. Um they should follow Robert's rules of order. They should allow um the meetings to be they can decide if the meetings will be recorded as per our other committees, but they also have to um record meeting minutes and post them online. So this is the original document. Um so first is there um do I have a motion to approve the ad hoc school solutions communications committee is pres governance document is presented. >> No moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Is there anyone wishing to make public comment? >> There's no one present. Shannon.
044>> Okay. So I'm just going to forgo public comment from here out for the rest of the meeting. Um okay. Any discussion? I have one piece I realized last night when I wrote um the document when I was reading the document, excuse me, I recognized that we failed to include a an approval mechanism. So, I would like to make an amendment to this document that we include um an approval process and I can read that part out loud. Um, I think it would just fit in the governance document right underneath the meetings and records right before term. And what it says is approval of communication deliverables. The board shall retain exclusive authority to determine which communication materials may be publicly disseminated to the community. All proposed communication deliverables must be submitted for review and receive
045formal approval from the board prior to publication or distribution. The board's designated representatives to the committee shall serve as the approving body on behalf of the board of for this purpose. So, do I have a >> motion? Second, excuse me. Any discussion on the amendment? >> Hey, Ray, can you call the vote, please? I don't know who they are. You don't know us. >> Okay. >> Miss Jacobs. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kellaher. >> Yes. >> Miss Lindstöm. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rockenstein. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pinion. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pinehuff. >> Yes. >> All right. So, the amendment is approved um unanimously. So then we go back to the main motion as present. I mean as amended. Um is there any discussion on that? I'm sorry. Do I have a No. Any discussion on
046that? I pulled my chart down and I shouldn't have done it. All right. Can we call the vote, please, Ray? >> Yes. Miss Jacobs? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kellaher? >> Yes. >> Miss Lindstöm? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rockenstein? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Pinion. >> Yes. >> Mr. Piney Huff. >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you so much. So that is approved unanimously. Um so now we have a governance document that um that um creates this committee. And now I just need to see if we have two um have any any interested in volunteering to serve on this committee. I will let you know that their time commitment is a weekly meeting. Um Tuesdays they meet from um is it it's 12 o'clock, right Julian? >> Yes. Yeah, 12 o'clock to 1:00 remotely. Um, again,
047every Tuesday from now until November, they also have um outside events that they are looking for volunteers to help them man things. Think of things like tables at that concert you hear playing outside right now. Um, Summerfest, um, neighborhood meetings, they're they're trying to organize some meetings in neighborhoods with groups that are interested in hearing about the solution. So, there's going to be a few opportunities to volunteer, but for right now, is there anyone interested in serving on the communications committee as the board representative? >> Shannon, this is Jillian. I will I will volunteer, but I would also like to put in a plug that this is a big huge heavy lift and we hopefully everybody volunteers for a couple of events. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Jillian, for volunteering. Um, I can take the second
048seat. Um, I I've been helping um peripherally for a little bit now and so I'm happy to um volunteer and do that um be be the second board member. But I do um to Jillian's point, I do encourage everybody as events come out um I really encourage and ask everybody to take a hard look at their schedule and fill in when they can because this committee um from here out from here till November, this is when it gets um the education piece becomes really really important and making sure that people in the community feel confident and feel informed enough to vote on um vote on the referendum questions as presented is really really important. So this role um this communications effort going forward is a huge lift and will take everyone to participate to be
049successful. So thank you. All right. Agenda item 12.2 is the first reading of policy Jif, management of concussions. Brila, >> I know you've all missed the policy committee's work. Don't worry, we'll come we'll be back at it in no time. just pulling up that policy. So, um there's a state law that passed uh and requires uh very specific um things to happen in terms of uh concussion management for students um in our schools. Um, the good news is we had and have a policy in place that's was was pretty much on online with what needed to happen, but we did need to add some of the language in um to make it consistent with what the new law is. So, we have a sample model uh concussion policy, which is what was provided to us
050to go off of, which is pretty typical. Um, we get our model policies um through the uh main state association of school boards. I probably messed up that acronym, but um and our we did uh largely follow the sample model. Um we formatted it uh to look like our policies look and we also cleaned up some of the language. Um so we hit all of the requirements. Um I'm not going to read the entire document to you, but it requires um uh pretty much teams um in sort of a very specific um method to bring students who experienced concussion back into both the school educational environment and then if they're going to participate in extracurricular activities and athletics. Um it's a it's a not a decision that's made unilaterally by a parent or by a
051coach or by the child. um it's made by a team um including professionals, medical professionals um to to make sure that we're reintegrating students who've experienced concussions back into the classroom appropriately and then after they're able to participate in their educational um needs then they're able to participate in other activities that they will enjoy. Um it's it's fairly robust policy requires um uh teams concussion management teams um for any individual experiencing concussion um and specify sort of how that happens. So if a student experiences concussions and parents are curious about what happens next, I think this policy would clearly indicate exactly the steps are going to be taken to make sure their child can return to school and um and hopefully take care of their brain injury as best as possible because that's what concussions
052are. They're not major brain injuries, but they are injuries to the brain. Happy to take any questions. >> Thank you, Frea. Is there um first, do I have a motion to approve the first reading of policy JJ, management of concussions, as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> So, is there any discussion? All right, Ray, can you call the vote, please? Yes, Miss Jacobs. >> Yes, >> Mr. Kellaher. >> Yes, >> Miss Lindstöm. >> Yes, >> Mr. Rockenstein. >> Yes, >> Miss Tarpenion. >> Yes, >> Mr. Penny Huff. >> Yes. >> All right, that is approved unanimously. Thank you so much. Agenda item 12.3 are appointments. 12.3.1 is the 8 corner school K2 teacher. So, Diane, >> yes. So, Alexandra Fish has been selected to fill this position due to retirement. Uh, Miss Fish earned
053her bachelor of science degree in elementary education with a minor in French from the University of Main Orno and her master of education degree in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has uh a conditional certificate as a literacy specialist uh from the University of Rhode Island um and is earning credits in her TE-A bilingual and um dual language immersion program. Uh she has worked in Massachusetts as uh both a pair professional and as a teacher. Um, and for the last eight years, uh, she has, uh, taught in Maine as a first grade teacher in Brunswick. So, I would, uh, ask you to appoint her as, uh, an eight corners uh, school teacher. >> Thank you so much. Um, do I have a motion to approve the eight corner school K2
054teacher as presented? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? Uh, can we call the vote, please? >> Miss Jacobs, >> yes. >> Mr. Kellaher, >> yes. >> Miss Lindstöm, >> yes. >> Mr. Rockenstein, >> yes. >> Mr. Tarpinian, >> yes. >> Mr. Penny Huff, >> yes. >> All right, that shows unanimous. Thank you so much. Agenda item 12.3.2 is a Wentworth school special education teacher. >> Yes. So, Shannon Kavanaaugh has been selected to fill this position due to a resignation. Uh, Miss Kavanaaugh earned her bachelor of science degree in elementary education from St. Joseph's College, her master of science and special education from the University of Southern Maine. Uh, she has worked in both Yarmouth and Falmouth uh, as a special education pair professional before she took a an elementary uh, special
055education position for six years in Dayton. And most recently, for the last 5 years, she has been a fifth grade teacher at the Sea Road School in Kennybunk. So, I would respectfully ask you to uh accept her nomination. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the Wentworth School special education teacher position as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Ray, can we call the vote? >> Miss Jacobs. Uh, yes. >> Mr. Faher. >> Yes, >> Miss Lindstöm. >> Yes, >> Mr. Rockenstein. >> Yes, >> Mr. Pinion. >> Yes, >> Mr. Penny Huff. >> Yes. >> Wonderful. That shows unanimous. Thank you. Agenda item 12.3 is a middle school art teacher. >> Yes. Uh, Megan McConna has been selected to fill this position due to a resignation. Uh
056she earned her associate degree in graphic design from Pratt Institute, her bachelor of arts degree in art history from Colorado College, and her master of science in journalism from Northwestern University's middle school as well as her master of arts in teaching from the main college of art. Uh, Miss McConna has worked as a graphic designer, a journalist, a student museum instructor, and a summer enrichment teacher in arts. And most recently, for the last three years, she has uh been a teacher at the middle school of the Kennybunks, teaching digital art and fine arts. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the middle school art teacher as presented? >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion? >> Ray. >> Miss Jacobs. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kellaher. >> Yes. >> Miss Lindstöm. >>
057Yes. >> Mr. Rockenstein. >> Yes. >> Mr. Tarpenion. >> Yes. >> M. Trapini Huff. >> Yes. >> Wonderful. That shows unanimous. Thank you. Agenda item 12.3.4 is a high school English teacher. >> Yes. Uh, Anna Matthews has been selected to fill this position due to a resignation. Miss Matthews earned her Bachelor of Art degree in English and communications from Westfield State University and her Master of Science and Secondary Education from Marramac College. Uh, she actually has um uh taught last year at Scarbor High School as a fullyear uh substitute filling in on someone who was uh uh on a one-year leave of absence. um in the English department. So this will be a smooth transition uh for the department and for her for sure. Uh so the recommendation would be to please appoint her as
058a high school English teacher. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Um do I have a motion to approve the high school English teacher as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Ray? >> Yes. Miss Jacobs? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kellaher? Yes, >> Miss Lindstöm. >> Yes, >> Mr. Rockenstein. >> Yes, >> Miss Tarpinian. >> Yes, >> Mr. Tarpini Huff. >> Yes. >> Wonderful. That shows unanimous. Thank you. Um, just a quick the next item should be Cheryl should be 12.3.5. Um, it's the Bluepoint School PE health teacher. >> Yep. Uh so uh Jason Spencer has been selected to fill this position due to a resignation. Uh Mr. Spencer earned his bachelor of art degree in human development and family science from the University of Connecticut. Uh he has worked in Connecticut as a kindergarten first
059grade teacher uh for a year before he moved to the Boston area. uh last summer he worked as a summer prek uh physical education teacher and uh for the last school year he worked as a K6 uh physical education teacher at Park Street School in Boston. Uh so I would respectfully ask you to appoint him as the Bluepoint School uh physical education and health teacher. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Do I have a motion to approve the Bluepoint School PE health teacher as presented? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Yeah, I just want to say yet again, we have extremely high high quality candidates for these positions. We have two two two new teachers hopefully shortly that will um bring over a decade of experience with them. And then we have three teachers
060with a with not quite that experience, but who have been with us for a year in one case as as a as an English teacher and have come from other districts um where they clearly have been successful. So I think it's another testament to um Scarbo's ability to attract really really high quality candidates um for our students and I'm super excited for them to get started. >> Absolutely. Thank you Frea. Okay. Ray, >> Miss Jacobs, >> yes. >> Mr. Keller, >> yes. >> Miss Lindstöm, >> yes. >> Mr. Rockinstar, >> yes. >> Mr. Tarpinian, >> yes. >> Mr. Penny Huff, >> yes. >> That shows you unanimous. Thank you so much. Agenda item 13.0 is adjournment and I'm just doing the math really quick. Uh, with no objections, we will adjourn at 7:58 p.m. Thank
061you so much everybody and have a wonderful evening. >> Thank you. Bye.