Have a wonderful summer everyone! See you in the Fall. School starts Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Welcome to MSAD72! All important announcements for all schools will be found on this homepage. Complementary information about each school (like lunch menus) will be found at their respective individual school pages.
FY 26 Budget
Individual Budget sections may be found under School Board Section
Emily Kirkpatrick, Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator
(207) 935-2401
AC: Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
ACAA: Harassment and Sexual Harassment of Students
ACAA-R: Student Discrimination/Harassment and Title IX Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedures
Maine School Administrative District Number 72 (MSAD 72) has a duty to locate, evaluate, and identify any child residing in the District who qualifies for Special Education services or who may require Section 504 accommodations or services.
If you suspect your child has a disability and may need Special Education services or 504 accommodations, or if you would like additional information, please contact your child’s teacher, or call the District’s Special Education Director (Pat Menzel) at 935-2600 or the District’s 504 Coordinator (Emily Kirkpatrick) at 935-2401.
STUDENT ATTENDANCE - WHY IT IS IMPORTANT!
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a bus driver or just getting more information on the benefits that go with the position, please click on the link above to fill out the contact form and our Transportation Manager will get back to you as soon as possible.
Please go to the Transportation section on this website to submit a transportation request.
Maine School Administrative District No. 72
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF DESTRUCTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FILES
As of October 31, 2024, MSAD#72 will begin to destroy Special Services Education Records for Special Services students who attended school in the MSAD#72 School District and graduated in the 2013-2014 school year. If you graduated in the 2013-2014 school year and would like to obtain your Special Services Education Records please contact the Special Services office at (207)935-2600 ext. 3 before October 31, 2024, A record of the student’s name, address, phone number, grades, attendance record, classes attended, grade level completed and year completed will be permanently maintained as required by law.
MSAD 72 accepts funding through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. As part of ESEA, MSAD 72 is required to provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment on the ESEA consolidated application and consider such comment prior to the submission of the application. Our ESEA team, composed of a representative from all stakeholder groups, has been working on a draft proposal for Title IA and Title IIA funding for the 2024-25 school year.
Below you will find our outline for the draft proposal based on data gained throughout the school year and district, school, and ESEA goals.
Potential Title IA projects (Approximately $216,480.02):
*Staffing, Interventionist and ed techs to support math and reading K-5
*Provide opportunities for parent engagement.
*Professional development for staff that aligns with school and district needs assessment and curriculum. This may include book studies, on site professional development, conferences , webinars or other opportunities to support our students.
We invite comments regarding these expenditures, please contact Danette Kerrigan, Title I Coordinator, at danette.kerrigan@msad72.org.
Title IA ensures that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on Maine’s Learning Results/Common Core State Standards.
MSAD 72 uses these dollars to fund teachers and educational technicians to help so that individual, specific instruction, will assure achievement of all children to high standards. Molly Ockett School, New Suncook Elementary and Brownfield Denmark Elementary are all Schoolwide Title IA programs. This means all students are eligible to receive small group assistance and all staff can benefit from teaching materials designed to support students in their learning journey.
A Parent Advisory Committee meets annually to review a Title IA policy and to seek input about training and/or information needed to help extend and reinforce your child’s learning and achievement. If you are interested in participating, please contact Danette Kerrigan, Curriculum Coordinator and Title I coordinator at 207-935-2401 or danette.kerriga@msad72.org.
Each school will be reviewing the Parent/School/Community Compacts during the upcoming school year. If you would like to participate, please call or email Danette Kerrigan.
Title IIA “Improving Teacher Quality,” helps to increase the academic achievement of all students by helping school districts ensure that all teachers are highly qualified to teach. It focuses on preparing, training and recruiting high quality teachers. The funds provided support professional development to design, instruct, assess, and communicate proficiency-based learning experiences for students and support teacher leadership.
Information regarding the district data regarding ELA and Math performance, Behavior and Attendance can be found on the ESSA Dashboard linked HERE