Greetings St. George Neighbors, I’m Kristin Falla and I am the St. George MSU School Board vice-chair. I’m currently serving my second term on our community’s school board.

I grew-up “up town” and graduated from Rockland District High School. I made my way down the peninsula when I met my husband Dan Falla. Dan’s family has deep St. George roots and my parents and sister have all made moves to town. Dan and I are the parents of twins, John and Dexter, who are currently in 5th grade at St. George School.

I have a journalism degree from the University of Maine, and put my writing skills to use when St. George first formed the Town Education Committee as the group’s secretary. Those early conversations showed me the commitment to the children and our school by our townspeople. I had to hang up my note pad when the twins arrived, but the work by the TEC was so incredibly important for St. George to be able to form its own independent vision and priorities for our school.

My core beliefs center around common sense. There is often a balance we have to strike with doing what is best for the students, families, the school, and the community.

I have had the pleasure of being the school board point person for our St. George CTE/Makerspace building project. This incredible project has been a huge undertaking by our own CTE Dream Team! After a lot of (still ongoing) planning and fundraising, construction is set to begin in late March. I truly believe that this pre-k-8 CTE building project, considered first in the nation, wouldn’t have been possible if we weren’t an independent school district. Since we are our own independent district, we are able to have an innovative vision that our community has supported at the ballot box, and through private fundraising.

When I’m not at a school committee meeting, I can often be found on the sidelines cheering on John and Dexter for one of their sports games; I also serve as president of the Maine Coast Storm youth hockey association. During the day I co-own and operate Maine Coast Weddings & Special Events bridal shop in Rockport.

St. George Municipal School Unit