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Board notes multiple staff resignations and retirement

Ellsworth School Board · September 9, 2026

Summary

The board was informed of several staff departures, including an 8th-grade teacher and a high-school kitchen manager; the district will recruit to fill roles, including bus drivers and EdTech positions.

A board-member report listed multiple staff resignations and a retirement: Ted McLaughlin (EEMS, 8th grade), Trisha Dyer (kitchen manager at Ellsworth High School), David Stevens (director of facilities and transportation), Amanda Frost (EHS tennis coach), Deb Dawson (EdTech 3), Megan McAlpine (EEMS EdTech), and two bus drivers, Dan Morse and Mike Cunningham. The announcement came during the communications and correspondence portion of the meeting.

Board members acknowledged the announcements and moved to proceed with standard recruitment and personnel processes. No vote tallies are recorded in the transcript for these informational items; specific replacement timelines were not given in the meeting record.

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