Mainers For Excellence in Education
Mainers for Excellence in Education is a grassroots initiative launched by Maine First Project in late 2022.
These local groups of parents and taxpayers are being organized to hold school boards accountable for what’s going on in Maine’s K-12 classrooms — as well as the restrooms and locker rooms.
Beginning at the level of government closest to the people, these Mainers are working to expose the dumbing-down and indoctrination that are the rule rather than the exception in Maine’s government-run schools.
Whether they’re attending school board meetings, submitting FOAA requests, writing letters-to-the-editor, making phone calls, knocking on doors, or stepping up as school-board candidates, these Maine patriots are on the frontlines of Maine First Project’s grassroots army of activists.
School Boards for Academic Excellence’s new Helpdesk program is designed to support our partner organizations by providing one-on-one consultations to school board members in your network. If your organization already provides such support, the SBAE Helpdesk can be used as a supplementary resource, and if it does not, you can offer this service as a benefit to school board members in your network.
Consultations are led by SBAE Director of Network Engagement Jon Russell, drawing on his experience as a former Chief of Staff in one of Virginia’s largest and innovative school divisions, Senior Advisor to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Department of Education, and a longtime Town Councilman.
Jon is available to advise your school board members on any emergent needs, as well as the programs listed below.
To use the SBAE Helpdesk, simply email Jon at JON@SBAENETWORK.ORG and introduce him to your school board member in need of our help. He will take it from there!
