Transparent and Accessible Governance

• Live-streamed and archived Board meetings

• Streamlined online agendas and meeting materials

• Committee-level transparency and public reporting, including robust meeting minutes

• Public workshops and community engagement opportunities on major issues

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Responsible Budgeting and Financial Stewardship​​

• Joint School/Town Finance Committee meetings and workshops

• Reductions in expenditure increase in Fiscal Years 2025, 2026, and 2027

• Increased transparency around around Budget development--instating monthly General Fund Financial Statement Analysis for FY 26 and forward 

• Coordinated long-term financial planning discussions

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Academic Rigor and Student Opportunity

• Expanding honors pathways in grades 9–12

• Supporting efforts to reinstate Advanced Placement (AP) testing expectations

• Increasing awareness and participation in dual-enrollment opportunities with adjacent learning institutions

• Supporting math pathways and stronger communication with families regarding placement and advancement

• Adoption of a phonics curriculum aligned with the Science of Reading

• Adoption of the Arts & Letters literacy curriculum at the K-5 level in coordination with the Science of Reading

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Special Education and Student Support

• Supporting inclusive classrooms and Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) practices

• Supporting district efforts to address and exit a Maine DOE corrective action plan

• Expanding support systems designed to better meet student needs across grade levels

• Expansion of Pre-K  to meet state transition of ages 3-5 CDS services to all Maine public schools by 2028​

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Maine’s Office of Special Services emphasizes providing students with disabilities access to a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment from ages 3–22. (Maine)

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Superintendent Search and Leadership Transition

The Board successfully managed one of the district’s most important leadership transitions through a comprehensive superintendent search process during 2024–2025.

• Community surveys

• Stakeholder focus groups

• Leadership profile development

The Board selected Steve Nolan as incoming superintendent, with a focus on:

• Educational excellence

• Inclusivity

• Strategic planning

• Student-centered leadership

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Long-Range Facilities Planning

• Advancing work connected to the “One Campus Vision”

• Launching the NESDEC Facilities Study 

• Expanding Facilities Committee oversight and public engagement

• Beginning development of a multi-year planning process focused on:

  • Safety and security

  • Modernization and infrastructure

  • Long-term funding timelines

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Student and School Use of Technology 

• Proactively developed Personal Electronic Device (cellphone) Policy to remove devices from schools

• Public workshops on instructional technology and student learning

• Community and staff surveys

• Engagement around creating more focused, device-free learning environments for students