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Saco teachers tell board Someday program is disrupting instruction; request full presentation
Summary
Teachers from across the district gave public comment that a teacher‑run survey of 136 educators found the Someday program is causing frequent loss of instructional time—especially for students receiving specially designed instruction—and urged the board to review alternatives. The board agreed to place a formal presentation on the next agenda and asked administration to gather parent input.
At the March 25, 2026 Saco Public Schools board meeting, a group of classroom teachers urged the board to review the district's Someday program after a teacher‑run survey found widespread reports of lost instructional time and classroom disruptions.
Nick Fuller, a fourth‑grade teacher at CK Burns, said teachers across buildings had raised concerns since Someday began in 2021 and that no teacher input had been solicited when the program was rolled out. Fuller told the board the association surveyed staff and found three consistent concerns: "an alarming loss of academic time," redundancy with classroom instruction, and no districtwide improvement in attendance or behavior tied to the program since 2021.
Allison Gray, a math teacher who presented the survey overview, said 136 educators responded across four schools (53 from Burns, 38 from Saco Middle School, 22 from Fairfield and 23 from Young). Gray read dozens of teacher comments and summarized the sentiment: "I understand the intention behind the Someday program, but I'm not sure the costs outweigh the benefits," she said, reflecting the mixed but predominantly critical feedback recorded in the survey.
Amarie Ramsey, a sixth‑grade inclusion resource teacher and president of the Saco Education Association, emphasized the program's effect on students receiving specially designed instruction and ESOL services, saying teachers saw "every missed lesson, every shortened block of instruction'that time that the student does not get back." Ramsey said the most commonly selected survey option was discontinuing Someday, but many teachers proposed alternative models such as a classroom‑based Someday that keeps students in structured instructional settings or a controlled menu of activities to preserve instructional time.
Board members and administration said the teachers' request for a full presentation would be placed on the next board agenda. Members asked whether the association could share raw survey data; administration said it would follow up and that the district would issue a parent survey before the next meeting to gather broader community input. No formal board action on the program was taken at the March 25 meeting.
What happens next: administration will coordinate with the association to place a full presentation on the next agenda and will survey parents for community input. The board requested follow‑up on whether the association can share raw survey responses.
