LIVERMORE FALLS — A Livermore woman told Regional School Unit 73 directors Thursday evening that there is a lack of communication between the board and the public.

“I just feel as though a lot of the information you discuss here is not communicated with the public,” said Sara Hughes, who has three children in RSU 73 schools.

She said she came to the meeting to learn more about how the school board works and to let directors know some of her concerns about a lack of communication with the public.

“We don’t seem to get anything in our student plan book or folder,” Hughes said.

She was told board meetings are normally the second and fourth Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. at the Superintendent’s Office on Cedar Street in Livermore Falls. Exceptions are inclement weather cancellations or special occasions.

One meeting is held in November and December. The board said that seven days notice is given prior to the meetings.

Director Darcie Calden suggested posting board meeting dates on the bulletin board on Route 4 in front of Spruce Mountain Middle School, because many people drive by there each day.

Hughes said she checked the RSU 73 website to see who the board members and school personnel were, and noticed it was outdated.

Superintendent Kenneth Healey said all school administrators were asked to update the personnel on their website but that RSU 73 has not finished hiring for this year.

Also, Hughes said, there have been letters and words missing from the minutes posted online at rsu73.com, making them difficult to read. Another concern, she said, is that dismissal at the primary and elementary schools where her children attend is confusing.

“It feels like every day there’s some change in protocol with how schools are dismissing or how you’re supposed to pick up your child,” Hughes said.

In other news, the former Livermore Falls Middle School is being cleaned out and items have been sold at two yard sales, Healey said.

Jean Tardif of Livermore, who had been given the go-ahead to take leftover sports trophies to put in a safe place, asked if additional items would be sold and if they had been advertised on Craigslist.

“It just can’t be good for that stuff just to be sitting there,” she said.

Healey said RSU 73 was looking to sell additional items, and money from the yard sales will come back to taxpayers.

Tardif said perhaps some of the remaining items could be used by a family in need.

Healey updated the board on the potential purchase of the former middle school by an interested buyer. Due to a change in the boundaries of the parcel being put up for sale, RSU 73’s attorney advised it to offer the school back to Livermore Falls, he said.

“Because we’re not offering the same thing, we have to offer it to them again,” he said.

The town voted this year to turn down RSU 73’s offer.

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“I just feel as though a lot of the information you discuss here is not communicated with the public.” — Sara Hughes, Livermore