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RSU 5 board expands facilities review into $100,000 'systems and sustainability' study after public push for broader engagement

RSU 5 Board of Directors · April 30, 2026
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Summary

The RSU 5 board voted to expand a planned facility study into a broader "systems and sustainability" study—covering staffing, programs, transportation and community engagement—keeping a $100,000 budget but leaving timeline and deliverable detail to be finalized in the RFP responses.

The RSU 5 Board of Directors voted unanimously April 29 to broaden a previously approved facility study into a "systems and sustainability" study that the superintendent said will examine district staffing, programming, demographics, transportation and facilities as a single planning effort. The board approved the scope expansion after extended discussion of deliverables, timelines and community engagement.

Superintendent Tom Gray told the board he wanted the RFP to go beyond bricks-and-mortar analysis so the district could "optimize our workflows, our staffing, our programs" and not predetermine outcomes. Gray said the RFP asks firms to present…

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