Gardiner area schools report drop in students, and second round of Coronavirus Relief Funds The board also voted to raise the coronavirus long-term sub pay to $120 a day. Share GARDINER — The Maine School Administrative District 11 is down 73 students in comparison to Oct. 1 of the 2019 to 2020 academic year. Superintendent Patricia Hopkins shared this information with the school board Thursday night, admitting that she is concerned about the drop in enrollment. Superintendent Patricia Hopkins. “Absolutely it concerns me,” she said. “When it comes to subsidy, we don’t know if there will be an adjustment though the legislature and if they could use October 2019 data, and if they don’t use the data, we are taking a $400,000 reduction in budget right off the bat.”