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Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve submitted her resignation Tuesday, December 1, to the Board of Directors. It was approved 15-1.
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Meserve was hired in July 2018 after serving as superintendent of RSU 16 in Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland since 2013.
At RSU 9, Meserve has faced ongoing opposition from staff and community members, made public through a no-confidence vote on Oct. 30. She also received a community-led, no-confidence vote at RSU 16 in June 2017.
The RSU 9 board on Tuesday, tasked Chairperson Angela LeClair of Wilton to search for interim superintendent options to present to the board.
“She [Meserve] will resign her position as soon as the district is able to hire an interim superintendent of schools in the advance no later than Dec. 30, 2020,” LeClair said in a phone interview, Wednesday morning.
Like most businesses and organizations in the region and beyond, COVID-19 has resulted in big changes and big challenges for Pikeville Medical Center.
However, according to hospital CEO and Vice President Donovan Blackburn, the hospitalâs planning and actions both before and during the pandemic have laid not only a foundation for the hospital to be at the forefront of treating and fighting against COVID-19, but also for a future in which more and better quality services will be offered to people in the region closer to home for years to come.
Blackburn said that PMC was on a good track when COVID-19 first surfaced, then made a massive impact on the hospitalâs bottom line, forcing it to close elective services throughout April and May.
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