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MSAD 11 updates on budget shortfall, curriculum changes, grants and facility agreements
Summary
The MSAD 11 board received reports on a roughly $210,000 ED279 revenue shortfall, curriculum and handbook updates, a $226,000 drainage award for the high school (district share budgeted at 40%), a plan to join Cohort 3 for four‑year‑old special‑education services, plus approval of a 10‑year fuel‑depot agreement and a budget placeholder to fund indoor track.
During committee reports the district outlined a series of operational and program updates addressing curriculum, facilities and budget planning.
Finance committee reported that the district's ED279 revenue projection shows a current‑year shortfall of about $210,000; staff scheduled a review of ED279 and a related CATC presentation at an upcoming meeting. Curriculum committee approved new AP and language textbooks pending budget approval and endorsed a new intervention flowchart to guide supports for students with behavioral and learning needs. Policy updates were presented for a first reading, including restoration of pre‑COVID community‑service requirements (returning to 60 hours) and updates to embedded digital handbooks and AI‑use language.
On capital projects, staff said the district applied for two high‑school renovation projects and was awarded funding for a drainage project totaling about $226,000; the district has budgeted its approximately 40% share and will proceed with legal/contract steps once state paperwork is complete. The board also approved joining Cohort 3 to assume responsibility for four‑year‑old special‑education services (previously provided by an outside Child Development Services provider) and reported the Department of Education will fully fund participation next year.
Athletics: Lauren Arnold requested that the board place a placeholder in next year's budget to fund an indoor track program. She provided a line-item estimate — stipends (~$8,125), transportation and facility fees, dues (~$2,500) and supplies (~$500) — summing to roughly $16,000 with the district's share presented as approximately $11,145 in the transcript (the numeric rendering in the record is unclear). The board approved adding a placeholder to the budget; the motion passed with one opposed.
Facilities: Business manager Andrea Dish described the district's long‑standing fuel‑depot arrangement with the City of Gardener and recommended reentering a 10‑year agreement; she reported the city would contribute $3,000 and the district $7,000 toward the shared maintenance fund. The board voted to enter the 10‑year agreement.
The meeting closed the public agenda portion to enter a series of executive sessions to finalize contract negotiations and then reconvened to record approvals and signatures.
