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RSU 22 board accepts three resignations and unanimously approves four new hires
Summary
RSU 22 announced three staff resignations and voted unanimously to approve four new hires and several reassignments; the board also authorized summer hiring powers for the superintendent to reduce classroom gaps.
The RSU 22 school board accepted three resignations and approved multiple new hires during its regular meeting. Personnel director Nick Raymond told the board the resignations were from Melanie Simmons (occupational therapist at Leroy H. Smith School and Wagner Middle School), Melinda McDonald (special education at Leroy H. Smith), and Rachel Silknetter (school counselor at George B. Weatherbee).
Raymond also detailed reassignments across the district, including Kim Akerson moving to a 60 percent occupational therapy role split between Reedsbrook and Hand/Hampden schools; Connie Oliver transferring to Reedsbrook Middle School; Reed Farrar moving to grade five at Weatherbee; Becky Renault shifting to grade five at George B. Weatherbee; and Mariko Brown moving to resource special education at Hampden Academy.
The board then considered nominations for new hires and approved each by voice vote. The hires and recommended salaries announced and approved were: Megan Boss, third-grade teacher (salary $56,063.25); Emma Shute, third-grade teacher (salary $47,589.30); Holly Bragdon, speech and language pathologist at Leroy H. Smith School (salary $60,215.55); and Melissa Cota, third-grade teacher at George B. Weatherbee (salary $55,682.98). Each nomination was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, with applause from those present.
The board also moved separately (in new business) to give the superintendent authority to hire educators directly from July 15 through September to ensure timely starts and reduce reliance on substitute teachers; that motion passed unanimously. Board members described the summer-hire authority as a recruitment and retention tool in competitive hiring seasons.
The personnel actions were reported as standard district business; the board did not attach conditions to the hires and recorded the unanimous approvals in the meeting minutes. The board will circulate the formal hire documentation following standard HR procedures.
