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RSU 24 board approves hires, summer‑hiring authorization, an adult‑ed lease revision and multiple policy revisions
Summary
The board approved five teacher nominations, authorized the superintendent to hire teachers and the athletic director over the summer, ratified a revised adult‑education lease, accepted a transportation‑coordinator job description, and advanced multiple policy revisions including a first reading of a bell‑to‑bell cell‑phone ban.
At its meeting, the RSU 24 board approved a suite of routine but substantive actions: personnel nominations, a summer‑hiring authorization, approval of a revised adult‑education lease, and multiple policy updates.
Superintendent Jeff Eastman presented five teacher nominations (including Emily Anderson and William Bissonette); the board voted to accept them. The board also authorized the superintendent to hire teachers and the athletic director over the summer to avoid losing candidates before the July meeting.
Facilities committee members reviewed and approved an updated adult‑education lease with a new monthly rent of $2,674; the board approved the revised lease on a voice vote. Personnel committee work led to a formal job description for the district transportation coordinator, which the full board ratified. The personnel committee also reported early implementation challenges for the new paid family medical leave program and said it would request changes to ease administration.
The policy committee presented a long series of revisions; the board approved changes to the public‑comment policy (BEDH) and the student code of conduct (JIC) and moved many additional policy revisions forward. The board also accepted the new JICJ cell‑phone policy for first reading, a bell‑to‑bell ban on personal electronic devices in school buildings with limited exceptions and IEP accommodations.
In executive session the board approved administrative appointments: Haley Benton as curriculum director (two‑year contract) and Megan Webster as interim principal at Ella Lewis School.
