DOVER-FOXCROFT – In an unusual turn of events Tuesday, SAD 68 directors tabled action on a recommendation to keep six teachers on second-year probationary status because of district financial uncertainty.
The six are winding up their first year of employment.
The move to table action was dictated by financial information the district received from the state, according to SAD 68 Superintendent John Dirnbauer.
“That information was not very good,” Dirnbauer said Wednesday.
He said the state had provided school districts with a worst- and best-case scenario regarding increases in subsidy for the 2007-08 school year. For SAD 68 the best case is an increase of $114,000 while the worst case is an increase of $68,000.
The end result could mean some deep cuts including positions, and some of the teachers on the list could be affected, according to Dirnbauer.
Directors will discuss the matter further during a budget workshop at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, in the SeDoMoCha Middle School library.
In other business Tuesday, directors:
. Awarded a $9,300 contract to Parker K. Bailey & Sons Inc. to move classroom furnishings and materials during the summer from the Morton Avenue Elementary School to the new elementary school. The funding was included as part of the project costs.
Dirnbauer said it would be too “onerous a task” for the district to do the move in-house.
. Approved the disposal of used furnishings in the Morton Avenue Elementary School.
Dirnbauer said the district will retain some of the equipment and furnishing for use in the new school, but some items are too old and will be sold by the Morton School Organization at a yard sale this summer.
The organization will use the proceeds to improve the new school. That could include playground equipment, he said.
. Awarded another contract to Goulette’s Framing for roofing the newest section of the Monson Elementary School.
The $8,526 award is included in the budget. The roofing on the newest section has been on the building for 20 years, he said.
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