June 4th Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting

of

RSU #74 Board of Directors

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

6:00 p.m.

At

Carrabec Community School

Troy Dunphy, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.

Directors Present: Troy Dunphy, Judi Dunphy, Kevin Sousa, Dallas Landry, Brenda Stevens, Robert Lightbody, Georgiana Manzer, Grace Carreiro, David Royce, Pam Mitchell, Eric Ewing, and Tori MacDonald.

Directors absent with notification: Doug Cahill, Laura Layman, and Keith Plourd

Directors Absent without notification:  None

Staff Members Present: 10

Students Present: 2

Citizens Present:  1

Agenda Item #1. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA

Agenda Item 4.A.1. Marc Collard Sophomore Class Dean – CHS - $1,000

Remove agenda item #7

Agenda Item #2. TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 7, 2025, THE EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING OF MAY 14, 2025, AND THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF MAY 21, 2025.

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Brenda Stevens the Board voted to approve as edited. The board voted by unanimous consent to approve the edited minutes of the regular board meeting of May 7, 2025, the emergency board meeting of May 14, 2025, and the special board minutes of May 21, 2025. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #3. PRESENTATIONS: Ms. Butler presented the ESEA application review.

Agenda Item #4. REPORTS: 

A.)    Superintendent’s Report – Mr. Campbell discussed letters that were received from the 4th graders at GSS on how to raise money to make improvements to their playground. He reviewed the financial report, and the staff BBQ on June 17th at CHS.

1. Appointments:

                     Candy LeBeau – Sub Calls – CCS - $1,650

                     Candy LeBeau – Transportation - $3,500

                     Jenah Leeman – Yearbook Advisor – CCS - $1,650

                     Patricia Theberge – New Teacher Mentor – CCS - $400 + $50 ea. mentee

                     Mike Stone – Math Coach – $1,904

                     Bonnie White – Sub Calls – GSS - $1,000

                     Tanya McFadyen – Sub Calls – Solon - $1,000

                     Ann Holzworth – Sub Calls – CHS - $1,650

                     Melody Rich – New Teacher Mentor – Solon - $200 + $50 ea. mentee

                     Jen Lachance – New Teacher Mento – Solon - $200 + $50 ea. mentee

                     Melody Rich – Lead Teacher – Solon - $2,000

                     Mary Keenan – Ed Tech Certification Chair - $1,000

                     Stacey Robinson –Chief & New Teacher Mentor –CHS - $600 +$50 ea mentee

                     Jennifer Hebert – New Teacher Mentor – GSS - $400 + $50 ea. mentee

                     Jasmyn Wagg – STEAM Lead Teacher – GSS - $3,000

                     Jasmyn Wagg – Lead Teacher – GSS - $2,000

                     Stacey Brown – Summer Cook Manager – per contract

                     Nikki Shamaly – Transportation - $3,500

                     Kelsey Creamer – Girls Soccer Coach – CHS - $3,119.40

                     Hunter Durland – Boys Soccer Coach – CHS - $2,929

                     Maurice Langlois – NHS Advisor – CHS - $500

                     Stacey Robinson – NHS Advisor – CHS - $500

                     Katie Hall – Freshmen Class Dean – CHS - $1,000

                     John Berube – Senior Class Dean – CHS - $1,000

                     Stacey Robinson – Junior Class Dean – CHS - $1,000

                     Geoffrey Case – 504 Coordinator –

                     Debra Aitken – Cross Country Coach – $1,360.50

                     Kylee Dixon – Cross Country Coach - $1,360.50

                             Marc Collard – Sophomore Class Dean – CHS - $1,000

    2. Resignations:

         Angela Hawkins – Title I Ed. Tech III – GSS

         Felecia Schobel – Special Ed. Ed. Tech I – CCS

         Yvette Landry – Special Ed. Ed. Tech I - CCS

3.  Nominations: 

   Karl Price – Custodian – CHS – per contract

   Lyndsey Prignano – Special Ed. Ed. Tech I – CCS – per contract

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Brenda Stevens the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the nominations as written. Motion passed.

B.)    Administrators:  Written Reports were mailed to Board members and are available online at www.carrabec.org.

C.)    Committees: Academic met on May 14, 2025 and June 4, 2025

   Policy met on May 14, 2025

Agenda Item #5. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

On behalf of the RSU #74 Board of Directors, I want to make it clear that we encourage public comment during the Public Comment portion of this meeting. There are restrictions, however, on what is allowed to be discussed publicly. Those comments are limited to policy and procedures in general terms.

Comments or complaints that may pertain to personnel and/or personnel issues should be raised through RSU #74 School Board Policy JII/KI/GBK. This policy outlines the procedures to be followed.

Each individual choosing to speak tonight will be provided with 3 minutes so that we can hear from as many members of the public as possible.

The RSU #74 Board of Directors will follow RSU #74 School Board Policy BEDH/KD in that public participation will be limited to no more than 30 minutes in total length and that all comments at a regular meeting may deal with any topic related to the Board of Directors’ conduct of the schools. The Board of Directors shall give due attention to comments and contributions from the audience but shall not respond or take any immediate action.”

For those who wish to participate, please note that in order to keep things running smoothly, we do have a number of guidelines that people need to follow when making public comment. Those include the following:

1.   Please address your thoughts to me, the Chair, and the rest of the School Board. 

2.   We expect all members of the public to remain civil during the public comment period. This includes the speaker, as well as members of the audience. This means you may not share gossip, make defamatory comments, or use abusive or vulgar language. 

3.   Individuals should not provide thoughts/reactions/commentary unless recognized by the Chair. We request that you do not clap, boo, or provide similar reactions.

4.   Comments about specific individuals, including students and school employees, have the potential to violate the rights of those individuals, and will not be tolerated.

If the Board has specific procedures or policies with respect to the matter on which you are commenting, I may redirect you to those policies rather than allow you to continue. If another commenter discusses the issue you wish you discuss, you may address the Board, but please try to reduce repetition.

Please note that if you violate these rules or exceed the time allotted to you, I may give you a warning or ask you to stop. If you choose to continue, you will be asked to leave and escorted out.

On behalf of the Board, we appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing from you. I will now recognize the first speaker – are there any individuals present that would like to address the Board?

 A member of the public spoke about volunteers and school board members.

ACTION ITEMS:

Agenda Item #6. TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPROVE THE MADISON HEALTH CENTER AS THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Dallas Landry the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the Madison Health Center as the school physician for the 2025-26 school year. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #7. TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL ALLOW THE SUPERINTENDENT TO HIRE TEACHERS IN JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST AND NOTIFY THE BOARD.

Agenda item #7 was removed.

Agenda Item #8 TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPROVE PROCEDURE EEAEAB-R – DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING OF SCHOOL VAN DRIVERS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Dallas Landry the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve procedure EEAEAB-R – Drug and Alcohol Testing of School Van Drivers Administrative Procedure. Motion passed.

Agenda Item #9 TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF POLICY JJIC – STUDENT ACTIVITIES (CO-CURRICULAR).

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Brenda Stevens the Board voted by unanimous consent to approve the first reading of policy JJIC – Student Activities (Co-Curricular). Motion passed.

Agenda Item #10 TO SEE WHAT ACTION THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE REGARDING THE DEAN OF STUDENTS/ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION.

The board gave the superintendent permission to do what was in the best interest of the district in regards to hiring a Dean of Students/Athletic Director.

Agenda Item # 11 TO SEE IF THE RSU #74 BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO MRS.TITLE 1, CHAPTER 13, SUBCHAPTER 1, SUBSECTION 405.6D TO DISCUSS A PENDING LEGAL MATTER.

Upon motion by Kevin Sousa and seconded by Brenda Stevens the board vote by unanimous consent to enter into executive session pursuant to MRS. Title 1, Chapter 13, Subchapter 1, Subsection 405.6D to discuss a pending legal matter.

The board entered into executive session at 6:44 p.m.

The board was out of executive session at 7:30 p.m.

No action was taken.

The Board Chair declared the meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

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Mark L.  Campbell

Superintendent