On Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025 the Gorham School Committee held a special meeting. Vice Chair Nicole Yeo-Fisher called the meeting to order and all six members were present.

The committee worked on a draft of a referendum question to send to the town council for approval to appear on the November ballot. They do not want to request additional funds from the taxpayers but to reallocate already approved funds to complete a list of site improvements. These already approved funds are savings from the GHS cafeteria and the Narragansett HVAC projects. By reallocating these funds, they hope to replace the GHS track, ADA bathrooms and sprinkler systems at Narragansett School, Village School parking lot and street extension and reinforce the firelane at Great Falls. The referendum question was passed 6-0 and will be sent to the town council for their approval.

The committee voted 6-0 to approve the following personnel:
Shelley Roberts – Speech Pathologist,
District Wide;
Katrijn Greco- GHS Math Teacher; Cody Elliot- GMS Health Teacher

Due to the summer resignation of Chair Sarah Perkins, the committee needed to officially name new leadership to serve until the November reorganization meeting after the election of new committee members. They voted 6-0 to elect Nicole Yeo-Fisher as chair and Michelle Littlefield as vice-chair until November.

The committee reviewed several drafts including the superintendent’s 2025-26 goals, the school committee meeting schedule and the MSBA (Maine School Board Association) resolution statements.

Heather Perry, superintendent of schools, presented the 2024-2025 State of the Schools report to the committee for their review. This document provides information on the demographics, attendance and achievement scores and metrics for success. It was recommended that the committee review this information.

Finally the School Committee discussed their subcommittee structure for possible changes. They did agree to limit subcommittee meetings in March when they have numerous extra budget meetings.