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Dec 9, 2025·StrategicPlan
Board
Cape Elizabeth School Board Goals 2025-2026
This strategic plan outlines the Cape Elizabeth School Board's goals for 2025-2026, focusing on seven key areas. These include creating a fiscally responsible budget to support high-quality education, monitoring and modifying policies and instructional programs with an equity lens, attracting and retaining staff, and enhancing district communication. Additionally, the plan prioritizes maintaining a long-term fiscally responsible plan for school building updates, advancing the efficacy of the Board, and fostering a supportive and inclusive school and community culture across academics, extracurriculars, athletics, and social-emotional programming.
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The Policy Committee reviewed and discussed several policies, including JJI (Athletic Philosophy and Beliefs), KCD (Public Gifts/Donations to the School), IJOC (School Volunteers), and BCA (Board Ethics). Discussions included revisions to address extra-curricular activities, donation thresholds requiring School Board approval, volunteer photo/video restrictions, and clarifying the Board's ethics statement. New business included reviewing policies BEC (Executive Session), FFAA (Memorial Scholarships and Gifts), and IKF (Graduation Requirements). Upcoming policies for review were also identified, including EGAD (Copyright Compliance) and IJND (CESD Web Sites/Web Pages).
Mar 31, 2025·BoardMeeting
Board
Policy Committee Meeting Minutes
The Policy Committee meeting addressed several key items, including a review of Policy JJI concerning athletic philosophy and beliefs, with a recommendation to include JJI-R in the Policy Manual for guidance on extracurricular activities. Policy KCD regarding public gifts and donations was discussed, focusing on adjusting the gift value requiring School Board approval and ensuring public notice for donations needing reciprocal action. Additional language was recommended for Policy IJOC on school volunteers to align with current practices, particularly concerning the capturing of photos and videos. The committee also reviewed Policy BCA on Board Ethics, recommending changes for clarity, and Policies BEC and FFAA, making clarifications and minor adjustments, respectively. Furthermore, Principal Springer proposed changes to graduation requirements starting with the Class of 2029, including an increase in Social Studies credits and the addition of World Language II.
Mar 10, 2025·BoardMeeting
Board
Regular Town Council Meeting
The Town Council meeting will include reports from the Finance Committee and Town Manager, a review of draft minutes from a previous meeting, and a public hearing on Planning Board recommendations for supplemental LD 2003 amendments. Other agenda items include consideration of a liquor license renewal, a school construction referendum, the FY 2026 municipal budget, amendments to the zoning ordinance, and amendments to traffic regulations. Each item will have an opportunity for public comment.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
