Nov 29, 2021 =
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Kennebunk Select Board =
1 Summer Street 2
Kennebunk, ME 04043
Dear Select Board,
Per Article VII of the Kennebunk Town Charter, the Kennebunk voters hereinafter specified
believe that Board Chair Art Leblanc’s role in negotiating the most recent Teachers contract and
its impact on staff attrition, the failure to seat a Curriculum Committee, and a failure in executive
leadership by allowing teachers, parents, and community members to be bullied and
admonished in public meetings, has caused a loss of confidence in his ability to perform the
duties and responsibilities of the office.
Since the beginning of the 20/21 academic year, 43 Teachers and Ed Techs, in addition to
long-valued administrators Dr. Steve Marquis, Dawn Pooler, and Meg Parkhurst, have left RSU
21. Leblanc was one of the Board leads in these negotiations, the net of which is a toxic
workplace environment for teachers and staff that has ultimately negatively impacted our
community's students.
Maine Law dictates that School Boards are responsible for “Courses of Study’. RSU 21 has not
had a Curriculum Committee since the fall of 2017. Parents have no visibility or oversight of the
Curriculum in front of their children and have no forum within which to engage around
Curriculum,
Leblanc has consistently demonstrated a lack of executive function. Public Board meetings are
contentious, last for hours, and rarely address simple questions from the public. Additionally,
teachers, parents, and community members have repeatedly been bullied and admonished in
public session.
There is ample evidence to support the recall and replacement of Kennebunk Director Art
Leblanc.
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