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Board approves inclusion specialist hire, several teacher contracts and routine student events
Summary
MSAD 11 approved hiring Christina Teague as elementary inclusion specialist at $79,242, approved other teacher hires and continuing contracts, and cleared extracurricular activities and operational items including the Latin Club overnight, seniors keeping Chromebooks, and a half‑day last day of school.
The MSAD 11 school board approved a bundle of personnel recommendations and operational items during its May meeting. Superintendent Katie Gould recommended Christina Teague as elementary inclusion specialist with a starting salary of $79,242 (this year’s rate, subject to the negotiated salary scale). The board approved Teague’s appointment along with hires Zoe Hood Crane (special educator, $44,276) and Gracie Vaughn (grade 4 teacher, $46,972) and voted to accept multiple contract and personnel bundles for probationary and continuing teachers and administrators.
Administrators described the inclusion specialist role as a position that reduces paperwork burdens for special‑education teachers, facilitates IEP meetings and can act as the district’s LEA representative at IEP decisions when needed. The district said three inclusion specialists will cover K‑5, 6‑8 and 9‑12 caseloads; the current hiring is to fill the elementary slot and the salary placement follows the teacher salary scale and years of experience.
On extracurriculars and student events, the board approved an overnight Latin Club trip to Camp Michuana for the Maine Junior Classical League spring convention, including fundraising and scholarship support so students who cannot afford fees may attend. The board also approved allowing graduating seniors to keep their Chromebooks (staff said many devices have roughly two years of usable life left) and approved changing the last day of school (June 15) from a full day to a half day. The board also approved joining NESDEC for enrollment projections and planning services under an initial‑year incentive program.
Votes were taken by voice on bundled motions; the meeting record shows motions were moved and seconded and the chair declared approval on each bundle. Administrators said salary figures are the current year’s rates and subject to change when the teacher salary scale is finalized through negotiations.
What happens next: staff will complete hiring paperwork and finalize placements; the policy committee will continue work on items returned for revision; staff will coordinate logistics for approved trips and graduation events.
