Saucon Valley School Board member Bill Broun writes about the board's decision this week to enter a five-year commitment with the top-grade McGraw Hill mathematics program 'Reveal' as part of its broader efforts to make scholastic excellence a renewed focus.
Saucon Valley School Board member Bill Broun's latest dispatch to Saucon Source.
Saucon Source recently asked the nine candidates running for five seats on the Saucon Valley School District Board of Directors to answer the same questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
If you live in Lower Saucon Township or Hellertown borough and are registered to vote as a Republican or Democrat, you have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for the Saucon Valley School Board in the May 16 municipal primary election. To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source reached out to the 10 candidates running for five open school board seats to request a 200-word-maximum statement about why they're running, what challenges they believe the district faces and how they plan to serve all residents if elected.
Four candidates who are running for seats on the Saucon Valley School Board announced their campaign over the weekend.
Voters in the Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh school districts couldn't have been much clearer in terms of how they cast their votes in Tuesday's election, with more progressive candidates largely failing to win or retain seats in the districts' hotly-contested school board races.
Saucon Valley School District residents who wanted to learn more about the individuals running for school board were able to hear some of them answer questions and highlight their qualifications at a Northampton Community College-sponsored forum Monday.
Saucon Valley School District residents who want to learn more about the candidates for school board will have an opportunity to do that at a forum presented by Northampton Community College's Center for Civic and Community Engagement and the George S. McElwee Forum for Excellence in Public Service.
A well-known incumbent candidate for Saucon Valley School Board has withdrawn from the race, to be replaced by a candidate chosen by the Northampton County Democratic Party.
The votes are in and counted, and according to unofficial Northampton County primary election results, the race for Saucon Valley School Board won't be any narrower this fall.
