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Superintendent outlines early‑childhood mandate, strategic plan timeline and budget workshops

RSU 05 Board of Directors · November 6, 2025
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Superintendent Michelle Gray told the RSU 5 board the district is responding to a state mandate on early‑childhood services, nearing completion of a community‑informed "portrait of the graduate," and preparing detailed budget work for a Nov. 19 workshop.

Superintendent Michelle Gray summarized three major, ongoing areas of district work: early childhood implementation, strategic planning and the budget.

Gray told the board the district currently lists several staffing vacancies, including approximately 5.5 special‑education educational‑technology (EdTech) positions spread across Moore Street School, Freeport High School and Freeport Middle School, and roughly 2.5 custodian roles (some combined with bus driving duties). The superintendent said the district has used contracted specialists (teacher of the deaf, speech‑language pathologist, and a 1:1 nurse) to maintain required services…

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