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Superintendent reports staffing shortfalls, special‑education hiring progress and professional development day
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Ambrose told the RSU 40/MSAD 40 board custodial staffing shortages persist, thanked staff who filled special‑education roles, described a successful professional development day organized by Assistant Superintendent Danielle Fagan, and noted involvement in rewriting learning standards for high‑school reading.
Superintendent Dr. Ambrose reported to the RSU 40/MSAD 40 School Board that the district is actively recruiting custodians after multiple resignations and praised staff who have stepped in. “A couple of things. I just wanted to do a big shout out again to the facilities department for covering for the—we've had a lot of custodians resign, and we need more custodians,” Dr. Ambrose said.
Dr. Ambrose also thanked administrators Ashley and Penelope for recent work filling special‑education positions. “They've worked really hard, and they've done a great job filling a lot of special education positions. So we are doing really well. We're still not full, but we're way better than we've ever been,” Dr. Ambrose said.
On curriculum and professional development, Dr. Ambrose described a recent professional development day organized by Assistant Superintendent Danielle Fagan. The morning included breakout sessions led by staff; Dr. Ambrose led a session on Collaborative & Proactive Solutions. “No one of us is as smart as all of us,” Dr. Ambrose said, summarizing the collaborative approach. The afternoon gave teachers time in grade‑level professional learning communities to work on report cards and instruction.
Dr. Ambrose also said the Maine commissioner of education invited the superintendent to assist in rewriting the learning standards for high‑school reading after the superintendent’s action‑research work. Dr. Ambrose described earlier action research that, according to the superintendent, raised students’ SAT reading scores from 40% at grade level to 65% in 16 months in a previous study.
The superintendent closed by encouraging board members to help recruit custodians and acknowledging the work of district staff in a busy start to the school year.
