Howard Tuttle has conditionally accepted the position as Sheepscot Valley RSU 12 Superintendent, contingent on negotiation of his contract, according to Hilary Holm.
Holm, chair of both the RSU 12 Board of Directors and its ad hoc Superintendent Search Committee, shared the information with the board at its meeting on Dec. 13.
Tuttle is currently the director of curriculum and instruction for MSAD (RSU) 11, Holm confirmed in a phone conversation on Dec. 18.
RSU 11 serves Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, and West Gardiner, according to its website.
Alan Hawkins has been serving as RSU 12 Interim Superintendent after Greg Potter stepped down from the position in June. Potter had submitted his resignation to the board in March to take a job with RSU 19.
Tuttle did not respond to a request for an interview by press time.
In other business, board member and Public Communications Committee Chair Wenonah Wirick said the committee’s goal is to have an operational newsletter by the end of January.
The newsletter, which would be available through email and on the RSU’s website, would share noteworthy information about the RSU and its schools, Wirick said.
RSU 12 Technology Director Tom Toner said the newsletter could potentially be made available via a student-produced application for smart phones and e-readers.
The committee needs to consider more means of getting the newsletter out, since only about 40 percent of people have smart phones, said board member Chris Johnson.
The costs of a traditional paper newsletter could be “a couple of thousand for printing and mailing,” Holm said.
Board member Richard DeVries suggested that town websites could carry the newsletters as another means of distribution.
Toner said he hopes to have a basic shell for a new RSU 12 website available by the board’s January meeting.
The website will be cleaner, more professional, and have less clutter, Toner said.
Holm suggested to the board that local advisory groups be formed to facilitate better communication between the board, the schools, and the RSU 12 communities.
Board members would “be the seeds of these groups” and community input would help determine how the groups would run, she said.
The groups would be discussed at the board’s next meeting, and the policy committee would use that discussion to draft supporting policies for the groups, Holm said.
