Board approves Academic Decathlon trip, hires French teacher, and approves October minutes

RSU 04 School Board · November 6, 2025

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Summary

At its Nov. 3 meeting the RSU 04 board approved the October meeting minutes, granted permission for the Oak Hill High School Academic Decathlon club to travel to Boston on Nov. 18 and approved the hire of a French teacher, Jessica DeVito. All votes recorded at the meeting were unanimous.

The RSU 04 board took three formal actions during its Nov. 3 meeting.

Approve minutes (item 2.1): The board moved, seconded and unanimously approved the minutes of the October meeting.

Approve Academic Decathlon field trip (item 7.2): The board approved a field trip for 16 Oak Hill High School Academic Decathlon students to travel by Amtrak to Boston on Nov. 18, 2025, to visit the Museum of Science and the MIT Museum. Teacher Derek Anderson summarized the itinerary and funding: group rates and fundraisers covered the estimated cost, approximately $36 per student. The board moved, seconded and voted unanimously to approve the trip.

Approve hire of French teacher (item 7.1): The board approved Superintendent Marco's recommendation to hire Jessica DeVito as French teacher at Oak Hill High School; the motion passed unanimously.

No recorded votes included named tally breakdowns in the public transcript; motions were moved and seconded on the floor and the chair called votes as unanimous where recorded.

Provenance: Evidence for the field-trip presentation begins at 00:14:31 (agenda adjustment and item introduction) and ends at the vote recorded at 00:17:21; the hire motion and its vote appear at 01:25:13, and the minutes approval occurred near the meeting start at 00:01:44.