A vote on a $47,401,439 proposed Saucon Valley School District budget for 2019-2020 was tabled at the school board's meeting Tuesday, after board members said they wanted more information before voting on its adoption.
James "Jim" Deegan has been the acting principal for the school for the past four months-plus, since shortly after the resignation of former middle school principal Ken Napaver became effective Nov. 30. On Tuesday, however, Deegan accepted the job on a permanent basis.
A vacancy on the Saucon Valley School Board was filled Tuesday when the board voted to appoint parent Edward Andres to the seat vacated by Linda Leewright, who resigned earlier this month.
Following the resignation of a Saucon Valley School Board member, the school district announced Friday that it is seeking applicants to fill the vacancy on the nine-member board.
'I keep asking myself, 'Why is Saucon Valley School District the only public school district in Lehigh and Northampton County that doesn't have any other type of external security, like a school resource officer?'' Lower Saucon Township resident David Repyneck told the school board Tuesday. 'I think our district needs to address security and the safety of our students, faculty, administrators and such, and I think the best way to do this is to go about the process of acquiring a school resource officer.'
Saucon Valley School District has a new director of special education, after the school board Wednesday unanimously approved hiring Jaime Vlasaty to replace Dan Burkholder.
The Saucon Valley School Board Tuesday approved the hiring of a new high school principal. Tamara Gary is currently the principal at Bangor Area High School. She will replace Beth Guarriello, who is leaving Saucon Valley after a little less than a year to become principal at Southern Lehigh High School.
The Saucon Valley School Board Tuesday voted 6-3 to adopt a $46.2 million district budget for 2018-2019 that includes a .4 mill tax increase for property owners.
If you've tended to think of the per capita tax you must pay each year as a resident of the Saucon Valley School District as a nuisance, you're not alone. Members of the school board also decided it is unnecessary and voted unanimously to eliminate it at their meeting Tuesday.
The resignation--effective July 1--of Saucon Valley High School Principal Beth Guarriello this week provoked strong emotions from attendees at the Saucon Valley School Board meeting Monday night, with one board member telling his colleagues to consider whether their actions prompted her to leave, after a parent criticized the board for the way she said it treated her.
