School Board Meeting Dates for 2023-24:

All meetings will begin at 6pm (KES/A102).

July 17
July 31 (Executive Session)
August 7 (Retreat)
August 21
September 11
September 18 (Workshop)
September 25
October 16
October 30
November 6
November 20
December 4
January 8
January 29
February 5
February 26
March 4
March 11 (Workshop)
March 18 - First Read of the FY 25 Budget
April 1 - Public Forum
April 22 - Second Read of the FY 25 Budget
May 6
May 20 - Candidate's Night & Business Meeting (5PM)
May (TBD) - District Budget Meeting (7PM) KES
June 3
June 17 - Board Awards

 

*Meetings will take place in person at KES and will be live-streamed.
 

School Board Standing Committee Dates:

Policy: 1st Thursday of the month from 7:30-9:00AM, starting 

Finance: 2nd Thursday of the month from 7:30-8:30AM, starting 

HR: 3rd Thursday of the month from 8:30-10:00AM, starting 

Facilities: 4th Thursday of the month from 7:30-8:30AM, starting 

Communications: 2nd Tuesday of the month from 5:00-6:30PM

2023 - 2024 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

Kirstin Shapiro	Arundel	2026
Britney Gerth	Arundel	2024
Erin Nadeau	Arundel	2025
Claudia Sayre	Kennebunk	2025
Amanda Downing	Kennebunk	2024
Peter Sentner	Kennebunk	2024
Leah Bares	Kennebunk	2026
Lesley Stoeffler	Kennebunk	2026
Gayle Asmussen Spofford	Kennebunk	2025
TBD	Kennebunkport	2025
Susan Holleran	Kennebunkport	2026
Megan Michaud	Kennebunkport	2024
David Rush	Student Representative	2024
Lorien Schulte	Student Representative	2024

 

All emails sent to the full board include the Superintendent of Schools and will be answered by the Board Chair. (This address does not include the student representatives of the school board. Please include as appropriate).

Email the full board at schoolboard@rsu21.net

Community Volunteer Form

Anatomy of a School Board Meeting

Memorandum: Notice of Secure Storage

FAQ ON ROLE AND POWERS OF SCHOOL BOARD

July

• Elect Board Chair and Vice-Chair and Appointment of Parliamentarian

• Submission of Board Member Committee Assignments

• Selection of Summer/School Year Board Dates and Times 

• Announcement of the Annual Opening Day Celebration

• Board and Superintendent Evaluation Tools

• Board Orientation

August

• Announcement of Fall Conference dates (in October)

• School Handbook ChangesExecution of the School Board Calendar

September

• School/Department Updates

• MSBA Annual Delegate Assembly (Board Action Required)

• Strategic Plan Update

October

• MSBA Proposed Resolutions

• Superintendent’s Professional Goals

• MSMA School Board Conference (2-day)Budget Metric Report

November

• Board Goals & Evaluation Check-in

• District Audit Review

December

• State of Facilities (Overview of the Facilities)

• State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• State of Budget (Overview of District Budget)

January

• Budget Validation Referendum and Signing of Warrants

• District Assessments Update 

• District Curriculum Review - Give a State of the District

• Standardized Tests, District Assessments (NWEA, SAT, etc)

• Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (Every Other Year)

• Parent Climate Survey

February

• Principal Contract Renewal (2+ Years in District) 

March

• FY District Instructional School Calendar

• Finance Committee Presentation of the First Reading of the Budget

April

• Public Forum on FY Budget

• Summer Boost Program

• Return to School Plan 2021-2022

• Finance Committee Presentation of the Second Reading of the Budget

May

• School Board Candidate’s Night

• District Budget Meeting

• Strategic Plan Update

June

• School Board Recognitions and Awards

• Superintendent and Board Evaluations

• Votes to be Adopted by the School Board (Computation and Declaration of Votes)