CAMBRIDGE — SAD 4 directors on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Greg Bellemare as the assistant principal and athletic director at Piscataquis Community High School. Bellemare, who is serving in that capacity now, had his contract extended through June of 1993.

The directors also approved the continuation of Charles House as guidance counselor at the Guilford Middle School. His contract was extended through August of 1993.

After an evaluation of Robert Lilienthal, director of special services, the directors voted to extend his contract through June of 1993.

Directors learned that eighth-graders at the Guilford Middle School scored lower than the state averages in all six subject areas tested in the Maine Educational Assessment Tests.

The students scored 55 points below the state average in reading, 45 points below in both writing and the humanities, 40 points below in social studies, 15 points below in mathematics and 10 points below in science.

Charles House, guidance director at the middle school, said he was concerned that the students had lost ground to the state averages when comparing the scores of eighth-graders to those of the same pupils when they were in the fourth grade. He said faculty members were assessing the matter.

A small group of students and their parents urged the directors to hire Kevin Jordan as the coach of the baseball team at PCHS.

Under Jordan’s coaching, the baseball team was the state champion last year in Class C.

In a memo to the directors last week, PCHS Principal Norman Higgins said he was prepared to nominate Jordan for the position, but the directors learned at the meeting that Jordan had removed his name from consideration for the position.

Paul Davis, chairman of the board of directors, said action on the recommendation of Brian Gaw for the position would be acted upon during the meeting, if the directors chose to place the matter on the agenda. The majority of the directors, however, voted not to place Gaw’s nomination on the agenda for action Tuesday. The hiring of a baseball coach will be considered at a later date.

Rhonda Sherwood, a student, spoke in support of the art program in the SAD 4 schools. Although the district budget is still being drafted and no cuts have been decided, Sherwood urged the directors not to cut the art program.

Contrary to the rumors circulating in SAD 4, there is no attempt to replace the high school mascot, the pirate, according to Davis. Davis said he and other directors, had been approached by several people who were concerned that a movement was under way to eliminate the pirate as the district’s mascot.

In other business, the directors gave their approval to a comprehensive and developmental-guidance program; learned that the high school chess team placed second in the state championship; were told that the high school band would greet the incoming servicemen at Bangor International Airport on Wednesday, March 13, and were informed that Nancy Purington, a special education teacher, had been asked to assist Hampden special education teachers in the use of the Stevenson reading method.