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Booth said the district is pursuing a five-year approach to painting and equipment replacement and has completed lighting upgrades and added card access and cameras across buildings. “We’re doing everything in house now,” Booth said, listing in-house plumbing, electrical work (where code permits), flooring and painting that previously had required outside contractors. He said the district has consolidated supplies, replaced some furniture and improved custodial products and inventory management.

Safety and capital issues
Booth and budget staff described security upgrades (rekeying exterior doors, web‑based cameras and laminated glass coatings) and facility improvements such as irrigation for the track and soccer fields and track resurfacing. He said the south wall on the football field is deteriorating and will need attention when the turf is replaced; he cited a $90,000 estimate previously discussed to remove bleachers to access the field for work. Booth said staffing includes 21 custodial workers, one full-time maintenance technician and several part-time/retired workers giving limited hours.

Budget drivers and fund-balance discussion
Budget presenters earlier in the meeting said the district had an initial insurance estimate from Anthem of about a 17.89% increase and asked the board to anticipate that in wages-and-benefits lines; Booth said utilities projections changed after the packet was produced and would be updated. The board discussed whether to keep the turf-replacement funds in a restricted reserve (the district currently deposits $150,000 per year plus excess gate receipts) or consider other capital-planning approaches; no formal decision to reallocate unassigned fund balance was recorded.

Other items discussed included possible relocation or replanting of an apple orchard for a proposed administrative building site, vehicle inventories (Booth said the district operates about 11 vans plus other vehicles), playground and sidewalk repairs, and ongoing work to replace aging HVAC and grounds equipment.

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Terrell said participation ranges by school and season — roughly 29%–40% of the high-school student body at Hampton Academy, 27%–44% at Reedsbrook and 23%–41% at Wagner, depending on the season. He said the high school offers 24 distinct athletic programs (counting a program once regardless of varsity/JV structure), more than comparable area schools.

Terrell listed recent purchases and replacements: track resurfacing and hardwood-track work, mobile fencing to host lacrosse games on the district’s turf field, new batting-cage nets and weight-room upgrades. “We’re providing competitive wages for our coaches,” Terrell said, and the budget funds equipment, safety gear and two full-time athletic trainers who cover the district’s three schools.

Board questions and finances
A board member asked whether buying mobile fencing would save money compared with past field rentals; Terrell said rentals were “probably around $6,000” and that cost savings from buying fencing would accrue over multiple years rather than in the first year. The board and staff discussed scheduling and turf usage when multiple teams need the same field.

Reserve account and contracted services
Board presenters said the district maintains an athletic facilities reserve account and typically places $150,000 a year from fund balance into that account to pay for turf replacement when needed; they also said a portion of gate receipts is funneled into the reserve. Terrell and board members discussed the tradeoffs between reserving money and borrowing for capital projects but no formal decision was recorded in the transcript.

No formal vote was recorded on athletics lines in the excerpt. Board members asked for additional cost detail (line-item breakdowns) and discussed sponsorship and fundraising models for signs and scoreboards.

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Cross said the program offers lifelong-learning courses (health and wellness, arts and digital literacy), literacy and high-school completion services, and career certificate programs such as CNA and phlebotomy; she said Bangor-area partners offer CDL training. “This is really sacred and important work,” Cross said, describing both academic services and wraparound supports for learners.

Why it matters: Board members were shown enrollment and outcome numbers that, board presenters said, tie adult education to workforce participation, health indicators and family outcomes. Cross cited state-level public-health data (maine.govhealtheducationandhealth as reported at the meeting) to show disparities for adults without a high-school credential and noted a statewide estimate that about 55,000 Maine residents still lack a high-school credential.

Details presented and local numbers
Cross said RSU 22’s enrichment program has run 26 classes this year and planned 35 more for the spring, with about 250 community members registered so far. She described growth in RSU 22’s high-school completion program: six years ago the program enrolled two students; last year 29 students were enrolled, this year 34 were “actively engaged” and 41 were enrolled overall (Cross said 34 was the count of actively engaged students). She said 24 current learners are ages 16–22, 10 are ages 23–50 and the program expects roughly 12–15 graduates this cycle.

Cross also described supports that aim to move learners beyond a diploma toward employment or college: the district participates in a Maine College and Career Access grant for first-generation college students and provides intake planning that sets 3-, 6- and 12-month goals for new learners. She described success stories to illustrate multiple-generation effects: one family who earned diplomas through the program later enrolled in college-access programming and vocational training.

Board reaction and next steps
Board members praised the program and Cross’s direct engagement with students. No formal action or vote on funding for the adult education program was recorded in the transcript; presenters thanked the board for support and invited questions about the program’s budget allocations.

Sources: Presentation and remarks by Rebecca Cross to the RSU 22 school board; state health data website cited in the presentation (referenced as maine.govhealtheducationandhealth).","Rebecca Cross, RSU 22 adult education director, told the board the district’s partnership with two neighboring districts and Riverside Adult Ed runs enrichment courses, high school completion and career-certification training; enrollment and program counts rose in the past six years, officials said.","actionData","errors"]

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