<div dir="ltr"><div>Our district will be forwarding this to our board at our next meeting as well.</div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kristal A. Flagg<div>Business Manager</div><div>RSU #73</div><div>9 Cedar Street</div><div>Livermore Falls, Maine 04254</div><div>207-897-6722</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -- This email is intended only for the person(s) named in the message header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is confidential, privileged and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender of the error and delete the message immediately. Thank you. </span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM Heather Reale <<a href="mailto:hreale@wocsd.org">hreale@wocsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">I read through all the slides from the meeting. I want to make sure that I clearly understand ** If we sign on with the private plan and we have a CBA that expires <b><u>after</u></b> the 5/1/26 date we still need to pay for these individuals? In other words, the effective date for any school district that enrolls with Guardian has to begin paying the .88% for all employees on 5/1/2026.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#073763"><i><b>Heather A. Reale, MBA, Finance</b></i></font></div><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#073763">Director of Finance </font></div><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">Wells-Ogunquit Community School District</font></div><div><font size="4" color="#000000"><a href="mailto:hreale@wocsd.org" target="_blank">hreale@wocsd.org</a></font></div><div><font size="4"><font color="#000000">207-641-6909</font><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM Dawn Fickett <<a href="mailto:dfickett@msad37.org" target="_blank">dfickett@msad37.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Heather, if you go with this private plan, it won't have anything to do with the state. We still have to pay the first quarter of this year to the state and can't recoup that, but going forward, we will make payments to Guardian for the tax and they will administer the paid leave plan, not the state.<div>Dawn</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM Heather Reale <<a href="mailto:hreale@wocsd.org" target="_blank">hreale@wocsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">This is great, thank you. What did they say are the advantages of going with them dealing directly The State of Maine? Do we send the payments directly to them and they pay the State? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#073763"><i><b>Heather A. Reale, MBA, Finance</b></i></font></div><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#073763">Director of Finance </font></div><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">Wells-Ogunquit Community School District</font></div><div><font size="4" color="#000000"><a href="mailto:hreale@wocsd.org" target="_blank">hreale@wocsd.org</a></font></div><div><font size="4"><font color="#000000">207-641-6909</font><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM Sherry Moody <<a href="mailto:smoody@mcst8.org" target="_blank">smoody@mcst8.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>The Guardian is the selected company. May 31 is the deadline to submit to DOL for a private plan if you want to switch with an effective date of 4/1/25.</div><div><br></div><div>Employees are not required to participate until collective bargaining agreements expire.</div><div><br></div><div>We must stay with a private plan for 3 years per statute. Rates offered are .88% and .98% (depending upon individual schools.</div><div><br></div><div>82 districts did submit census data. If we participate, you will be the policy holder, not MSMA. The Guardian will need census information annually as part of our reporting.</div><div><br></div><div>A school board vote is required to participate. Wendy Douglas is the contact and a letter of intent will be necessary after the board vote.</div><div><br></div><div>Wendy will be the contact person at MSMA for this process and afterwards.</div><div><br></div><div>Once the private plan application goes to the DOL, the Guardian will need an application by November as well.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a 13 month exemption period once the process is in place.</div><div><br></div><div>These are my own notes so hopefully I got most of it correct.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherry</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>----</div><div>Sherry Moody, Business Mgr</div><div>Mid-Coast School of Technology</div><div>1 Main Street</div><div>Rockland, ME 04841</div><div>(207) 594-2161</div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#666666"><a href="http://www.mcst8.org/" target="_blank">www.mcst8.org</a></font></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><img src="https://www.google.com/a/mcst.tec.me.us/images/logo.gif" width="200" height="82"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM Heather Reale <<a href="mailto:hreale@wocsd.org" target="_blank">hreale@wocsd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Any feedback from the MSMA meeting yesterday on the Private PFMLA options? I was not able to attend.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)">Thank you</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#073763"><i><b>Heather A. 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