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RSU 23 board ratifies 2025–2028 teachers contract, approves new hires and adopts board goals
Summary
At a July 16 special meeting, the RSU 23 School Board unanimously ratified the 2025–2028 Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement, approved all new hires as presented, and discussed board goals for 2025–26 including increased attendance at building events and more student-centered presentations.
The RSU 23 School Board ratified the 2025–2028 Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement and approved all new hires during a special meeting held July 16 at the district central office, Board member Santino Perrone moved and the motions were recorded as unanimously approved.
The board took the votes during a brief New Business segment after opening the meeting at 12:00 p.m. Chair Craig Evans called the meeting to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The minutes record that Perrone moved to "ratify the 2025-2028 Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement," seconded by Board member Barbara Roberge, and that the motion carried with "All in favor." The minutes do not include the agreement's terms or any financial details.
Perrone also moved to "accept all new hires as presented," a motion seconded by Board member Donna Moutsatsos and likewise recorded as unanimously approved. The minutes do not specify how many new hires were approved or provide a roster of those hires; that information was "not specified" in the record.
Board members then discussed proposed goals for the 2025–26 school year. The goals listed in the minutes are: increase participation at building-level events with a target of attempting to attend two events per building per year; include more student-centered presentations at board meetings; and include ways to engage or celebrate past graduates. The record does not show formal adoption language for these goals beyond the discussion described in the minutes.
The public session recorded "None," indicating no members of the public spoke during this special meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m. after a motion by Perrone, seconded by Moutsatsos, which was recorded as carried.
The minutes identify Superintendent John Suttie as present. The signature/filing line at the end of the minutes contains inconsistent name spellings (the record lists "John Suttle" and a separate name "John futter" alongside Cathy Couture, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent); these inconsistencies are flagged in the meeting record and should be clarified by district staff for an official minutes file.
