Director of Operations Board Report

June 3, 2026

Good Evening,

Facilities:

Preparation for summer projects and school cleanings are underway. Due to the time of completion of the paperwork for the lighting project we will be looking to start the transition to LED lighting in the late summer, early fall of 2026. Should Maine Efficiency programs require an earlier start, Affinity Lighting will make sure to meet the needs of the school. This year we plan to do a lot of painting throughout the schools. We will continue to improve upon the overall appearance throughout the district as well.

The grounds this summer will be mowed to the recommended standards during our warmer months. Industry standards recommend between 3.5 to 4 inches in grass height. This will hopefully help to eliminate the expenses of watering the lawns as we had to last summer due to the heat and lack of water. This will also allow help for the lawns to grow more allowing for new seed to germinate. Last year the district had an expense of nearly $5000.00 to water the lawns.  

Sports Fields Inc. will come in shortly to fertilize and apply grub control to the CHS sports fields. They will also apply a tick application to the CCS grounds as there have been a lot of reports from the school of tick sightings. We do not have an exact date as of yet but will notify everyone when we receive notification.

Again this summer, CHS and CCS gym floors will be resurfaced over the summer months. They are looking to come in around the timeframe of July 6th-10th.

Transportation:

Our new mechanic “Tony” is doing amazing things in the transportation department for the school district. He has taken his knowledge of electronics and systems and applied them to our fleet tackling many issues in house that we would of outsourced in the past. He has done a great job adapting to our systems and has started to create a better inventory structure for this department. This will allow for us to have a better oversight of common parts and items that we should have stocked and use for our fleet.

We are still looking at options of replacing a 12 passenger van in the district to an “activity bus.” RFP bids have been submitted and we are waiting on results for purchase.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Christopher Roux

Director of Operations