Wiscasset Interim Superintendent of Schools Wayne Dorr planned to speak to the School Committee on May 15 about a proposed school resource officer. Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline has included the new job in his proposed next budget. The officer would help address Wiscasset High School’s rise in student substance abuse, and would spend time at all three of the town’s schools, Cline has said.

Dorr was also set to speak about the new school system’s financial operations. He has been in talks with Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Eileen King about possibly having the AOS do the Wiscasset system’s payroll and other business tasks. In a May 6 email responding to a question from the Wiscasset Newspaper, Dorr said he was starting to review items that needed clarifying by legal counsel and the committee’s liability insurance carrier.

Thursday’s meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Wiscasset High School.