MSAD 52 board approves consent agenda: reserve funds, equipment purchases and personnel nominations

The MSAD 52 board approved the consent agenda, which bundled routine and time-sensitive administrative items for collective consideration.

Key approvals in the consent agenda included:
- Donation of surplus Chromebooks to 2026 graduates (annual practice).
- Policy second readings and approvals for records retention and wellness policies, and deletion/revision of competitive food sale language.
- Finance committee recommendations to use capital repair reserve funds for a high-school sprinkler inspection/repair (authorized up to a capped amount) and to purchase two mowers from reserve funds as previously planned.
- Authorization for administration to lock an electrical supply rate over the summer months if it falls below 12.38 cents per kilowatt-hour (including DASI fees).
- Instructional nominations and hires presented by the superintendent, including a shared social worker position, new special-education resource teacher, a new adult-education director (to appear June 11), and assistant-principal candidates and transfers.

Personnel notes: The superintendent reported multiple resignations (bus drivers, a special-ed tech 3, school counselors and classroom teachers) and several hires/transfers, notably an adult education director joining from another district and a seasoned special-education teacher hired to fill a longstanding vacancy.

Board action: The consent agenda passed by voice/hand vote with no items removed for separate consideration.

Ending: Several of these items (reserve-fund approvals and bids) were described as appearing on the consent agenda to avoid emergency meetings over the summer; the board confirmed timelines for contractor bidding and the administration’s authority to execute contracts within the approved caps.