Director of Operations Board Report

May 6th, 2026

Good Evening,

Facilities:

Spring sports and cleanups have begun and are continuing. Quick weather changes and damp grounds have slowed the process in some of the preparation of the fields. This is coupled with damage that was done in late winter early spring with Snowmobiles and what appears to be ATV’s on the sports fields.

This month’s board meeting will have a small presentation on a proposed outdoor learning center for the students at the Garret Schenk School. Mrs. Larlee and Ms. Wagg have been working diligently on researching and finding cost effective ways to provide this environment to our students. This is perfect timing as we will need to repurpose the old tennis courts at GSS. The courts were a federal grant that was completed back in the early 80’s. Should RSU #74 want to stay in compliance with federal standards for future grants, we will need to repurpose that area after going through a process. The area will need to remain a “recreation” area for the public. We are waiting on information to start the decommission process of the courts to then have the ability to repurpose.

Transportation:

Maine State inspections have been completed over April vacation. At the time of inspection, 4 buses were placed “OUT OF SERVICE.” We also received some minor defects on some of the other buses. Two of the four Out of Service were due to staff pulling the buses off line for issues or concerns. Three out of four of these have been fixed with the 4th to be completed shortly. Again another special “Thank You” to Alan Walker, Wendell Dunlap and of course Dennis Pinkham for stepping up to handle the job of preparing and making sure our buses were ready for inspections. Considering the age and condition of some of these buses this was not a simple task. In the Fall the District will want to strongly consider acquiring more than one bus next year.

Our new mechanic Anthony “Tony” Perron has started with us here over this past week. His skill set that he brings to us will prove to be a great asset moving forward. His abilities have already solved some lingering complications that we have had with some of the fleet already.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Christopher Roux

Director of Operations