RSU 22 board approves multiple policy updates, hires art teacher and moves to executive session
RSU 22 Board of Directors · November 20, 2025
Summary
The RSU 22 board unanimously approved a slate of first and second policy readings (recoding student representative policy, purchasing authority, budget language, inventory thresholds, audits), deleted the petty‑cash policy, approved JKAA (restraint & seclusion) second reading, amended EBBD temperature guidelines, confirmed the hire of an art teacher and then voted to enter executive session under MRSA 405(6)(B).
At its Camden Academy Library meeting, the RSU 22 Board of Directors approved a package of procedural and policy changes and confirmed a personnel hire.
Policy business began with first readings and unanimous board approval of recoding policy BAA (student representatives) to BBAB, and finance‑related policies: DJA (purchasing authority, moving routine approvals to the superintendent), DB (annual budget language updated to reflect weighted votes and state law), and DID (inventories) where the inventory threshold was adjusted from $1,000 to $10,000 to reflect rising costs. The finance report also noted the district has encumbered the full contract for SEER Bus for transportation and that encumbrances were used to project year‑end positions and obligations.
The board approved a first‑reading revision to DIE (audits) that clarifies presentation timing to the finance committee and accommodates extensions given statewide auditor shortages; board discussion noted the state statute retains a December 31 audit deadline but that an extension may be used when auditors are delayed.
The board voted to delete policy DJC (petty cash), saying schools no longer maintain petty cash funds, and reviewed DM (cash in school buildings) as part of housekeeping. On second reading, the board approved JKAA (physical restraint and seclusion), confirming the policy had been reviewed by the district’s special education and safety staff and meets current statute. The board then considered EBBD (temperature guidelines for schools). After discussing sources for the guideline numbers (examples from other districts and OSHA standards) the board accepted a friendly amendment to refer to the language as “temperature guidelines” rather than “standards” and approved the second reading unanimously, while reserving operational measurement and on‑the‑ground determinations to the superintendent.
Personnel business included a nomination and unanimous approval to hire Heather Love as an art teacher at McGraw and Weatherby with a salary cited at $48,096.78. Committee schedules were set for December and the board concluded routine business by voting unanimously to enter executive session to consider matters under MRSA 405(6)(B).
Most motions recorded in the meeting were approved unanimously; the meeting packet contains the policies and budget articles referenced for further detail.
