The Northampton Area School District Board of Education has approved the hiring of five employees and the resignation of two employees in the district.<\/p>\n
School directors voted unanimously 9-0 at the Oct. 12 meeting to approve, on the recommendation of the NASD administration, the hirings of Perry Johnson, technology technician at the NASD Education Center, effective Sept. 21, at $33.53 per hour, with benefits; Alex Lauser, maintenance II (Tuesdays-Saturdays) employee, effective Oct. 1, at $33.16 per hour, with benefits; Andrew Bidermann, maintenance II employee, effective Oct. 1, at $33.16 per hour, with benefits; Kacie Suveg, instructional assistant at Northampton Area High School, effective Oct. 1, at $22.38 per hour, with benefits; and Noah Smyly, LTS instructional assistant at George Wolf Elementary School, effective Oct. 13 to last day of the 2026-27 school year, at $22.38 per hour, with benefits.<\/p>\n
Additionally, school directors voted unanimously 9-0 at the Oct. 12 meeting to approve, on the recommendation of the NASD administration, the resignations of Sarah Andrews, instructional assistant at East Allen Elementary School, effective Sept. 22; and Cynthia Dauscher, 12-month secretary at the NASD Education Center, for retirement, effective Jan. 4, 2027.<\/p>\n
Other approvals in a 9-0 vote at the Oct. 12 meeting, on recommendation of the NASD administration, included the following.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Keystone Algebra I exam after-school tutoring teachers and their compensations, Oct. 26 and 28, Nov. 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18 and 23 and Dec. 2 and 7, with salaries paid through federal Title IV funding<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jennifer Bodnar, assistant athletic director, to attend Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Student Athlete Character Council leadership field trip, with four NAHS student council representatives, Nov. 15 and 16, at a cost to the district not to exceed $1,500, included in board-approved athletic budget<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clinical-field education affiliation agreement, between Moravian University and NASD, effective Oct. 12<\/p>\n
\u2022 Three-year extension with Provident Energy Consulting LLC to purchase electricity through the fiscal year 2029-30, at consulting rate remaining at $0.001 per kilowatt-hour<\/p>\n
\u2022 NASD administration to prepare and solicit annual bids for supplies and services for the 2027-28 school year: maintenance\/custodial supplies, instructional\/general supplies, gasoline\/diesel and fuel oil\/natural gas<\/p>\n
\u2022 Vendors for fuel oil for the 2027-28 school year, to be recommended by Northampton-Monroe-Pike County Joint Purchasing Board and approved by Colonial IU-20 board of directors at its March 2027 regularly scheduled meeting<\/p>\n
\u2022 BerkOne to prepare and mail homestead applications on behalf of NASD in accordance with Act 72 of 2004 and Act 1 of 2006 at $0.4414 per mailing<\/p>\n
\u2022 Partnership between Mid-Atlantic Rehabilitation Services and NASD for the 2026-27 school year to provide counseling, student support services and remedial programming for Student Assistance Program at no cost to NASD<\/p>\n
\u2022 Creation of Civic Engagement Scholarship Fund<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accept, with appreciation, a $200 monthly donation from September to May 2027, for a $1,800 total, for purchasing nonperishable food items for Lehigh Elementary Food Pantry from Lehigh Township Lions Club<\/p>\n
\u2022 Settlement agreement and mutual release of claims with Commonwealth Charter Academy. NASD Superintendent of Schools Joseph S. Kovalchik, in answer to a question by a reporter for Northampton Press after the Oct. 12 meeting, said the matter pertains to student residency.<\/p>\n
The upcoming NASD public meeting schedule includes a policy committee meeting 6 p.m. Nov. 2 in the NASD Education Center boardroom, 7200 New Seemsville Road, East Allen Township; a finance committee meeting 6 p.m. Nov. 5 in the education center boardroom; a board of education meeting 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the boardroom; and a facilities committee meeting 6 p.m. Nov. 16 in the boardroom.<\/p>\n
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