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Votes at a glance: MSAD 11 board approves agenda, minutes, trips, hire, tree planting and calendar; moves renovation application forward

RSU 11 / MSAD 11 School Board · March 5, 2026
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Summary

On March 5 the MSAD 11 board approved the meeting agenda and minutes, several out-of-state student trips and a special-educator hire, approved a memorial tree request, adopted next year's school calendar, and voted to advance a $226,000 renovation application to the ballot.

The MSAD 11 school board recorded a series of voice votes and motions during its March 5 meeting. Key outcomes:

- Agenda and minutes: Board approved the meeting agenda and the minutes of the Feb. 5 regular meeting by voice vote.

- Out-of-state trips: Approved travel for two athletic teams (New England wrestling championship in Providence; New England cheer tournament in Worcester) and a robotics competition at UNH in Durham (March 27–28).

- Personnel: Approved the nomination and hire of Jennifer Hembry as a special educator at Gardener Regional Middle School (starting salary $52,868, prorated).

- Memorial tree: Approved a Kennebec Valley Garden Club request to plant a memorial tree for Charlene Gosling at the high school; administrators will determine species and placement and include a plaque.

- Calendar: Adopted the proposed school calendar, including staff orientation Aug. 20, three staff workshop days the last week of August, staggered student-start days, 22 uninterrupted weeks of instruction and a projected last student day of June 10 with graduation June 12.

- Renovation application: Voted to move forward with the $226,000 revolving-renovation award for high-school indoor-air/moisture remediation and to place the referendum on the ballot; the district’s repayment obligation was estimated at about $76,000.

Voting format and tallies: The transcript records voice votes and motions carried; individual tallies were not recorded in the public minutes presented in the transcript.