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Nate Savage, director of technology, said the district is in year two of a three‑year MLTI cycle and recommended allocating the MLTI purchase to the eighth grade for the coming year. He said the district purchased Chromebooks for a senior cohort the prior year and those devices are returned and passed to incoming freshmen; MLTI purchases are district expenses that are later reimbursed by the state. Savage said the district planned about $101,000 in Chromebook purchases for MLTI reimbursement next year.

Savage described several planned refresh and capital items: a preK iPad refresh (current iPads are aging), a grade 3–5 Chromebook refresh planned for the following year (estimated about $175,000), completion of a three‑year projector refresh program (about $120,000) and two middle‑school audiovisual projects — a projector and sound upgrade for the Wagner stage and a similar package for the Reeds Brook gym — each estimated around $31,000. He said licensing and software renewals, including Google Workspace management, Seesaw for early grades and filtering/monitoring software Securly, represent recurring costs (about $12,000 for Google licensing and about $4,000 for Seesaw in the district allocation described).

Savage recommended a technology reserve fund contribution (he proposed setting aside approximately $70,000–$80,000 per year) to spread the cost of periodic large investments such as staff MacBook replacements and future network refreshes. He noted RSU 22 is on a five‑year E-rate cycle and described the district as a 50% recipient under the program; past cycles produced large reimbursements but future E-rate terms and federal support levels are uncertain.

Board members asked about device choices and staff-device replacement. Savage said staff MacBooks purchased during the pandemic are aging and he recommended replacing teacher devices with MacBooks for staff needs rather than lower‑cost Chromebooks, though he noted larger-screen Chromebooks would be less expensive and may meet some needs. He said most classroom students use Chromebooks, with preK–2 on iPads and grades 3–12 on Chromebooks.

On the new drone program, teachers and administrators described community partnerships and industry interest; Savage did not present operational costs for drones but noted Teach with Tech grant funding had supported earlier purchases and training. Discussion also covered installation contracts: Savage said he obtains competitive quotes and prefers vendor installations with warranties for AV projects.

Savage and board members discussed options to phase installations over multiple years to spread cost; principals preferred completing both middle‑school AV projects in the same year but acknowledged a phased approach could save some installation travel cost.

The director said he will continue to refine reserve recommendations and return to the board with final figures; he recommended funding staff-device replacements partially from the reserve and classroom-student refreshes from annual budgets with MLTI reimbursement where appropriate.

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The district's director of wellness and safety, Britney Laymon, said the nursing staffing ratios \"will not change for the next school year\" but noted supplies costs had risen; she said she increased the supply line by 10% and raised the professional-development line to send nurses to a June health institute. Laymon said the district previously supplied Reedsbrook, Smith and Wagner with stop-the-bleed kits through a FEMA grant obtained by the Waldo County School Safety Task Force and now plans to equip more rooms at middle- and high-school levels because \"statistically if something tragic was gonna happen, ... it would be at that high school and middle schools.\" She described the kits as including tourniquets, gauze, bandages, alcohol and gloves.

Jennifer Nickerson, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, said district-level curriculum spending will fall by about $19,000 because major literacy materials purchased to implement a new K–5 reading and writing program have shifted from the district budget to individual school budgets after the first year of implementation. Nickerson said the district will still support four new high-school courses next year — including AP World History, jewelry-making and printmaking electives, and a two-course drone sequence that includes an advanced class preparing students for the FAA Part 107 commercial remote pilot certificate — and that her lines will cover teacher materials and classroom supplies for those courses.

Nickerson warned that anticipated federal allocations had not yet arrived: \"we usually get our preliminary allocations for federal funds in March. We don't have them yet,\" she said, and added that state corrections to Title II formula calculations could mean reduced Title II funding for the district over a multi-year period. She described Title I, II and IV uses in the district: Title I funds Smith and Wagner schools (largely salaries), Title II funds building-level professional development, and Title IV supports well-rounded programming, arts and technology. She said Title 5 rural funding previously received by the district was lost and she could not resolve why from the Department of Education contact she had spoken to.

Nickerson outlined summer-program costs and said current ESSER funds had allowed book packs and virtual summer instruction in recent years. She said the book packs that went home preK–8 cost the district about $48,000 this year and that a staffed virtual program for grades 3–5 cost roughly $10,000 for staffing and benefits; she said there is currently no funding for the same summer programs next year. After a board member asked for options, Nickerson agreed to prepare a proposed summer plan and cost scenarios for future meetings.

The district also proposed operational changes in student supports. Administrators said the contract with Northern Light Acadia Hospital for clinical social-work services will be phased out in favor of district-employed social workers after the district found its in-house clinicians could meet higher caseloads and provide more frequent follow-up. District leaders said they plan to staff two full-time social workers plus a .5 FTE provided through a memorandum of understanding that would be insurance-funded rather than district-paid.

Administrators also presented a plan to add a 0.5 FTE dean of students at Smith School to focus on behavior, discipline and attendance. The superintendent said the teacher portion of any split position would be paid from the school instructional lines while the dean portion would be paid from the school-administration article.

Nickerson and other staff described Wabanaki curriculum work: the district has aligned its social-studies platform to Moose modules — free Maine DOE video/lesson modules — and has been working with consultant Brie Lohler and local contributors such as RSU 22 staff who have authored modules. Staff said many community experts have provided services without compensation so far and that funding strategies for honoraria could be explored within Title IV or other grants.

At the end of the session administrators reiterated that the Article 5 presentation reflected recommendations, not final decisions, and that final salary and benefits numbers remain placeholders until negotiated figures are confirmed. Staff said they will return with the requested summer-program cost options and other clarifications at future budget meetings.

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