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Millinocket Public Schools board elects Don Raymond chair, names Kevin Gregory vice chair and approves routine warrants
Summary
At its Dec. 3 meeting the Millinocket Public Schools board elected Don Raymond as chair and Kevin Gregory as vice chair, approved minutes and routine payroll/accounts-payable warrants, set committee assignments and heard administrative reports. The board also moved into executive session for the superintendent's evaluation.
Don Raymond was elected board chair at the Millinocket Public Schools school board meeting on Dec. 3 after nominations from fellow board members and a motion to elect him carried by voice vote, the Moderator said.
The board also elected Kevin Gregory as vice chair. The board closed nominations and voted; the transcript records the outcome as four yes votes and one abstention for the vice-chair vote. Committee assignments were announced: budget and finance (full board), buildings and grounds (Kevin Levy and the announcing board member), communications (Rachel Seer and Kevin Levy), corporate committee (two board members including Rachel Cyr), drop-off committee (Kevin Gregory and Julie), negotiations (Kevin Gregory and the announcing board member), and policy committee (Julian and Kevin). Region 3 representation was listed as the announcing member, Kevin Gregory and Roman Stewart.
The board approved the minutes of the Nov. 5 and Nov. 21, 2024 meetings after a motion and second. It also directed the superintendent to authorize payroll payments identified by warrant numbers read into the record, and authorized several accounts-payable and student-account disbursements (multiple AP and SA identifiers and amounts were read aloud). Specific line-item dollar amounts were read during the meeting; the transcript records the sums but does not include a roll-call tally for those motions.
"Congratulations, Don Raymond," the Moderator said after the chair election, addressing the newly elected chair.
In other routine business the board received notification of multiple extracurricular hires and stipends, including coaches for junior-high and varsity teams and timer/assistant positions. Those hire notices listed years of service steps and stipend amounts as presented by the superintendent's designee.
The meeting concluded for the public portion with a motion to enter executive session for the superintendent's evaluation under the statutory authority cited on the record; the board approved entering executive session.
What this means: The board's reorganizational votes set leadership for upcoming meetings and assigned members to committees that will handle finance, facilities, policy and negotiations. The payroll and AP authorizations are routine fiscal actions necessary to process employee pay and vendor invoices. The board recorded one abstention in the vice-chair vote; other formal motions were approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: The board moved into executive session on a motion citing state statutory authority for superintendent evaluation; no public actions or outcomes were recorded after that motion in the transcript.
