Board members spent the bulk of the meeting on facilities planning, describing technical upgrades proposed under EEI Phase 3 and how those projects could be packaged in a smaller bond or funded through the state revolving renovation loan.

An unnamed board speaker summarized the Phase 3 scope: "that's gonna be the biomass boiler and along with, that will open up space in the boiler room for us to be able to upgrade our water treatment system at the high school as well as our storage capacity at the high school." The board said one major water-quality upgrade under consideration is an arsenic-treatment system; the district reported three-month averages of about 0.98–0.99 parts per whatever-testing-unit, below Maine's threshold but described as "teetering on the edge," motivating a planned upgrade.

The board also described a recent equipment purchase: a used 40-kilowatt, 3-phase generator bought last summer from a local district and earmarked for Prescott Memorial School. "We've got this generator that we've purchased from the local school district... is a 40 kilowatt, and that's just about enough to run Prescott," the speaker said, but added that the major cost driver is switching infrastructure. The board recalled that in 2021 a transfer switch fabrication estimate for another high school approach exceeded $200,000, illustrating that transfer and panel work—not necessarily the generator—can make installations capital-intensive.

District staff discussed options to prioritize keeping the high school's IT room online in outages because the high school's network supports several other schools. The board reported weekly coordination meetings with EEI, Novo Studios (architects) and other consultants; a videography team planned on-site interviews to support bond outreach.

On funding, the district applied for the State Department of Education's revolving renovation loan (described in the meeting as "up to $2,000,000 per project, $4,000,000 per school") and submitted five projects: three at the high school (including ADA compliance, asbestos remediation and water-quality work), one at Union (ventilation) and one at Friendship (ventilation). The board said decisions about what to include in a smaller bond will be shaped by the loan outcomes and by facility subcommittee reviews scheduled for Dec. 18 and follow-up meetings in January.

Speakers repeatedly emphasized ADA compliance and asbestos removal among near-term priorities. An architect's site observations and conversations with staff highlighted widespread ADA noncompliance (notably main-office wheelchair access), inefficient building layout, limited electrical capacity preventing kitchen equipment use and plumbing/bathroom deterioration. Several speakers advocated converting multi-stall 'gang' bathrooms into banks of single-use bathrooms with outside sinks and monitoring systems to reduce misconduct; one speaker said the district has observed lower incidents in single-use restrooms.

No formal bond vote or resource-allocating action took place during the meeting; the discussion was framed as a planning update and as preparatory work for upcoming subcommittee and board decisions.