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East Kingston School Board names Paul Doyle chair, accepts resignation and approves calendar and policies
Summary
At its April 13 meeting the East Kingston School Board nominated Paul Doyle as chair and James Brown as vice chair, accepted PE teacher Kim Cattle’s resignation, approved a calendar change and several policy updates, and voted to uphold policy JEB after returning from nonpublic session.
Paul Doyle was nominated and approved as chair of the East Kingston School Board during the board’s April 13 meeting, and James Brown was nominated and approved as vice chair.
The board also voted to accept the resignation of PE teacher Kim Cattle; Superintendent Allison requested board approval of the resignation, and a motion to accept it was moved and carried by voice vote. The board tabled approval of the March 9 minutes for public and nonpublic sessions after at least one member abstained and several members said they had not reviewed the minutes closely enough.
During the meeting the board approved a modification to the 2026–27 school calendar. The change makes October 9 a regular student day and moves the staff in-service day to Jan. 15; the board also added a typical April early-release conference day. The superintendent and principal described the adjustment as a local realignment of SAU-approved dates to avoid a five-day student absence around Labor Day and to better space staff in-service time.
The board reviewed a package of policy revisions (BBAA, BBBC, BBBF, BCA, BDB and BEDG, plus KF language) flagged as largely technical wording changes intended to align district policies across SAU 16 and to clarify that the superintendent may approve facilities requests in delegated circumstances. JT, who presented the policies, said the committee’s changes were mostly redline wording and not substantive policy reversals; the board moved and approved the policies as listed.
Late in the meeting the board entered nonpublic session under the statutory clauses read into the record. After returning to public session at 5:57 p.m., the board voted to uphold policy JEB and to adopt the superintendent’s recommendation related to the legal matter discussed in nonpublic; both motions passed by voice vote. The meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m.
