LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen at their meeting on Tuesday evening, Oct. 15, voted unanimously to appoint Michelle Moffett to the Regional School Unit 73 board of directors. She replaces Robin Beck who resigned in September.

Livermore Falls selectmen appointed Michelle Moffett to the Regional School Unit 7 board of directors at their Oct. 15 meeting at the town office in Livermore Falls. Seen from left during the meeting are Selectmen Bruce Peary, Jim Long, William Kenniston, Jeffrey Bryant and John Barbioni. Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser

At the Oct. 1 meeting, selectmen voted to gather input from potential appointees on why they wanted the job following Beck’s resignation. A closed door session was held Tuesday for selectmen to review the application letters received.

“We had several applicants and we have come to the consensus, it was unanimous,” Selectman Chair William Kenniston said prior to the vote.

Moffett said she has been a resident for a while, having moved to the area when she was younger. “I have some experience in education as a teacher and as a parent,” she noted. “I have aided with adult education locally, as well as the middle school, and have raised about six children, am still raising some of the six children.”

Moffett said she has been able to see the different lenses as a teacher in the district. “The policies, the curriculums, but also sort of where things are coming from,” she stated. “Local level with connections with parents and students, or from out with my kiddos and family and from the parents’ end of it. So that’s where my lens comes from.”

“Thank you, Michelle,” Selectman Bruce Peary said.

After the meeting, Town Manager Carrie Castonguay said there were four applications.

“All were well qualified,” Selectman Jim Long added.

In other business, Ann Schwab, who has been a resident since 2005, shared her concerns about a current director from Livermore Falls. “In the newspaper on Oct. 3 there was an article stating that one of our board of directors for the school system was arrested for driving to endanger,” she said. As a former director from Livermore Falls she was required to sign a document agreeing to abide by the laws of the United States and uphold the Constitution, she stated.

“I am concerned that this particular individual is not living up to that potential and he is not setting a good example for our students both in having been arrested in the first place and not taking responsibility for his actions,” Schwab said. “If you make a mistake, that’s great, but you need to own it and make reparations.”

Schwab said she wanted to make her concerns known publicly, wasn’t sure if the selectmen could do anything, wanted to let them know it didn’t go unnoticed.

“That is not a good example for our children,” she added.