Dear Editor:

I believe local school officials are doing Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor a huge disservice by not fully exploring all the long-term options for educating our students going forward.

There is a joint board meeting Aug. 8 when members are voting whether to move forward with an $89 million bond putting all the cost burden on taxpayers in Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor despite historically low enrollment for those two towns.

If you are wondering what you can do about it, I recommend making your feelings known to your school representatives and/or attending that meeting.

School Board members are:

Chair: Peggy Splaine '25- psplaine@aos98schools.org

Vice Chair: Bruce MacDonald '25- bmacdonald@aos98schools.org

Stephanie Hawke '24- shawke@aos98schools.org

John Bertolet '24- jbertolet@aos98schools.org

Abby Jones '26 ajones@aos98schools.org

Jenessa Garrett '26 jgarrett@aos98schools.org

School Trustees are:

Chair: Steve Lorrain '24- slorrain@aos98schools.org

Ronnie Campbell '25- rcampbell@aos98schools.org

Troy Lewis '24-  tlewis@aos98schools.org

Vice Chair: Matt Doucette '25- mdoucette@aos98schools.org

Paul Roberts '26- proberts@aos98schools.org

Darrell Gudroe '26- dgudroe@aos98schools.org

See you at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 8 in the BRHS library! Get there early if you want a good seat.

Tom Perkins

Boothbay Harbor