The School Administrative District 28 (Camden-Rockport K-8) School Board will convene its regularly scheduled March 18 meeting at the Strom Auditorium, at Camden Hills Regional High School, with the focus on its proposed 2026-2027 $22 million budget, as well as a full agenda comprising the district's educational business.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. See full meeting packet here.

At the February board meeting, preliminary factors affecting the budget were under review. In particular, the board discussed declining enrollment and reduced staffing levels.

The proposed budget is $22,047,687 up $551,509, or 2.57 percent, from the current $21,496,178 budget.

See budgetary overview here.

"The proposed budget calls for a reduction of 7.7 FTE staff and the addition of 3.75 FTE hires among five positions (e.g. FTE PreK regular education teacher, ½ FTE Accounts Receivable position.)," according to February 25 board meeting minutes. "The proposed budget reflects an overall expense increase of 2.57% and an increase to taxpayers of 1.91% from the previous year. The average increase to both the overall budget and the taxpayers over the past 10 years has been just over 5%."

The full agenda follows:

1. Call to Order

2. Adjustments to the Agenda

3. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

4. Minutes

a. Approval of the Draft February 25, 2026 Regular School Board meeting minutes

5. Notification of Teacher Transfer

a. Jacob Eichenlaub, current 8th gr. Math to Math/Reading Intervention, CRMS

6. Presentation: CRMS Daily Schedule

7. Presentation: CRES Bridges Program Overview and Impact

8. Year 3 Midyear Strategic Plan Update

9. FY27 Budget Update

10. Board Chair’s Report

a. Upcoming Events with Dr. Neal

i. March 30, CRSA Meet and Greet, 5:30pm, Rose Hall

ii. March 30, Board Dinner, 6:30pm, Rose Hall

iii. March 31, Parent and Staff Meet and Greet, 6:00pm, CHRHS

iv. April 1, Community Meet and Greet, 4:30pm, Villager Cafe

v. April 2, Community Meet and Greet, 8:30am, Villager Cafe

11. Superintendent’s Report

12. Administrative Reports

a. Jaime Stone, Assistant Superintendent

b. Jess Yates, Special Education Director

c. Jacob Giessman, Principal CRMS

i. Parent Survey Data

d. Katie Bauer, Principal CRES

i. Parent Survey Data

13. Standing Committee Reports

a. Joint Curriculum – Meets April 13 at 4:00pm.

b.Finance – Met February 25, 2026, minutes attached. Meets before the School Board Meeting on March 18, 2026.

i.Finance Update – Finance Committee Chair

c.d.Joint Personnel – Meets March 24 at 5:00pm.

Joint Policy – Met March 9, minutes attached.

First Reads

Revisions

i.JLIB Student Dismissal Precautions

ii.JRA-E Annual Notice of Student Education Records and Information Rights

iii.JRA-R Student Records and Information Administrative Procedure

iv.KLG-R Relationship with Law Enforcement Authorities Procedure Reviews

v.JRA Student Records and Information

vi.KFB Facilities Use

vii.KHC Distribution of Non-School Materials

viii.KI Visitors to the school

ix.KLG Relationship with Law Enforcement Authorities

Joint Facilities – Met March 16. Minutes will be presented at the next meeting.