<div dir="ltr"><div>Yes, we are going with the private plan offered through MSMA (The Guardian) and our rate is .85.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherry</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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 gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM Abigail Ketchen <<a href="mailto:ketchen@spsdme.org">ketchen@spsdme.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>Hi, are any other districts going with a private insurance company for PFML effective 5/1/25? We are exploring a private option (for a slight savings under the 1%) and wonder if others are as well.</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Best,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Abigail Ketchen, MBA, MPH</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Director of Finance and HR Operations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.spsdme.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(152,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">South Portland School Department</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">130 Wescott Road | South Portland ME 04106 | 207-871-0555 ext. 3009</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></div></span></div></div></div></div>
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