RSU 67 board appoints Dr. Michael Harvey as superintendent under three‑year contract

The RSU 67 Board of Directors voted March 18 to appoint Dr. Michael Harvey as the district’s next superintendent, approving a three‑year contract that runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.

The contract specifies an annual salary of $145,000. Benefits listed in the motion include health insurance (listed as "8020" in the motion), dental (listed as "8812"), 25 vacation days per year, accrual of up to 175 sick days, three personal days per year and three compassion days per year. The board read the appointment motion after returning from an executive session called under "one MRSA subsection 4056A." A motion to approve was made and seconded and the motion carried.

Board members did not record a roll‑call tally in the public transcript; the chair declared the motion carried. The motion was read into the record at the meeting’s public resumption following the executive session.

The appointment concludes the board’s executive‑session deliberations on superintendent selection; the transcript does not record any dissent or a recorded vote tally. The district will implement the contract beginning July 1 unless subsequent filings or agreements modify the start date.

The board also approved routine meeting business during the session including prior minutes and several policy second readings. Copies of the superintendent appointment motion and contract language were read into the public record at the meeting.

Next steps: the superintendent’s contract terms are now on the district record; the board did not announce further formal reviews at the March 18 meeting.