Orono Public School District board

11 meetings on our record, all with unconfirmed dates. Past year: — · 2,946 students · 6 members on our roster

Newest meeting we have: none with a confirmed date yet · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Sarah Borchers, Chair · Wendy Lundsgaard, Treasurer · Todd Madson, Vice Chair · Gavin Tempero, Director · Timothy Usset, Director · Laura Wallander, Clerk

Recent meetings

Meetings whose dates aren't confirmed yet

Date not confirmed yet · 48 minBoard meetingOrono school board hears high school report on Excellence Fund professional learning

Play 13:50

Date not confirmed yet · 54 minBoard meetingOrono school board hears presentation on 1951 time capsule and district history

Play 11:10

Date not confirmed yet · 1 h 15 minBoard meetingOrono board takes up arena land conveyance and ground lease, hears summer project updatesSpeakers: Gavin Tempero

Play 9:05

Date not confirmed yet · 1 h 10 minBoard meetingOrono school board reviews preliminary budget for 2026-27 school year

Play 35:00

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 0 board meetings, last 12 months · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatAbout 52% of members' speaking time here is named; we rank at 60%.

Coverage: about 52% of members’ speaking time named (36%–67%)

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Sarah BorchersChair · runs the meeting, not ranked—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart

Members · listed by seat

Wendy LundsgaardTreasurer · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Todd MadsonVice Chair · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Gavin TemperoDirector · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Timothy UssetDirector · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Laura WallanderClerk · Seated for 0 board meetings on our record; we rank at 8—min per meeting—meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

All 11 meetings on our record

Clips

What Gavin Tempero said

I may jump in. Just what we all know what cross-subsidy for special education means, but to our viewers in the room and the viewers at home, that means we have to pay out of the general fund to cover that. So that means we're pulling funds from other places.Gavin TemperoDirector · Orono Public School District boardWatch the full meeting from 8:16

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance9%2%–18%

Ceremony and recognition3%0%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–32%

Public comment0%0%–32%

The two readers didn’t agree on 41% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 6; 0 had at least one.

Federal district ID 2725080 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district