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The newly-hired, incoming superintendent of Southern Lehigh schools presided over a school board meeting that was derailed last week after some members of the audience refused to comply with a directive to wear face masks, according to several published local news reports.
On a hot and steamy Saturday afternoon, the Saucon Valley Panthers loaded the bus and made the trip to take on the Warriors of Wilson in a Saturday afternoon matinee. Wilson entered the sauna intent on improving to a 4-0 record while the Panthers were looking to get back to even at 2-2.
Friday night the Saucon Valley Panthers packed their bags and traveled to Pottsville to take on the Crimson Tide. This game stems from an agreement between the Colonial League and Schuylkill League to create a level playing field by scheduling matchups between the bigger and smaller schools in each league. The Panthers will now play the bigger programs from the Schuylkill League like Pottsville, Blue Mountain and Lehighton while giving up the smaller Colonial League schools like Catasauqua, Northern Lehigh and Pen Argyl. The agreement which was finally brokered in January, 2019 was meant to go into effect last season, but due to COVID-19 the inaugural plan had to quarantine until this season.
The Salisbury Falcons and Saucon Valley Panthers collided Friday night at Hellertown in a Week-Two showdown. The Falcons were clipped last week by Catasauqua while Saucon was slammed by Notre Dame in the season opener. It was to be a bounce-back brawl for both teams who were each searching for their first win.
The mandate announced Tuesday will apply to Pennsylvania’s public and private K-12 schools, as well as early learning and child care facilities, starting Sept. 7.
Finally, the 2021 PIAA high school football season has arrived. Sure, COVID is still harassing our society, but a new normal seems to be under way. Even though a few games were cancelled this opening weekend, the Saucon Valley Panthers were fortunate enough to buckle-up and play on Friday. In a much anticipated opening night in Hellertown, the Saucon Valley Panthers squared off against the Notre Dame Crusaders.
A family and a college community are in mourning, along with many other people, after a missing Hellertown man who was a first-year student at Millersville University was found dead.
Less than a week into a new school year, a major upcoming change in administration has been announced by the Saucon Valley School District.
Law enforcement authorities and Millersville University officials are asking for the public to help them locate a student from Hellertown who has gone missing.
In a move they knew would upset some parents, Southern Lehigh School Board members voted 8-1 Monday to approve a health and safety plan that mandates the use of face masks by students and staff at least until the second board meeting in September.
Under a revised district health and safety plan approved by the Saucon Valley School Board last week–following a special meeting that lasted more than five hours–students in the district will be required to wear masks again if community transmission of COVID-19 in Northampton County reaches levels that are deemed “substantial” or “high.”
