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RSU 40 board approves teacher hires, field trip, calendar and policy in routine votes
Summary
The RSU 40/MSAD 40 board approved two teacher nominations, a sixth-grade out-of-state field trip, the 2025–26 district calendar, and a second reading of policy IMD on teaching controversial issues.
The RSU 40/MSAD 40 Board of Directors approved multiple routine personnel and policy items during its meeting, voting to confirm two teacher nominations, authorize a sixth-grade out-of-state field trip, adopt the 2025–26 district calendar, and approve policy IMD (teaching about controversial issues) on second reading.
Teacher nominations: The board approved Michael Lombardi as a teacher at Madama Middle School and Emma Rogers as a teacher at Madama Valley High School. Both nominees spoke briefly after their approvals to express appreciation and enthusiasm for joining the district.
Field trip: The board approved Warren Community School’s sixth-grade out-of-state field trip. Board materials show students will travel on a charter bus; parents and volunteers led fundraising efforts, and Sarah Davis was identified as a parent who coordinated fundraising. The board noted the parents had raised most of the funds needed and secured a charter bus for the trip.
District calendar: The board approved the 2025–26 district calendar. Board members said they coordinate the calendar with regional schools that send students to Midco School of Technology to minimize dissimilar days by statute so students can attend vocational programming.
Policy: The board moved and seconded approval of policy IMD (teaching about controversial issues) for second reading and approved it on the board floor.
Votes and tallies: The motions were each moved, seconded, and recorded as approved. Several numeric tallies in the transcript are not clearly reported (the transcript contains garbled vote numbers for some motions); the minutes should be checked for exact roll-call numbers.
