Helping SV Teachers, Expulsion Controversy, Honoring Winter Athletes: Op-Ed
Saucon Valley School Board member Bill Broun shares an update on the latest issues brought before the board.
Saucon Valley School Board member Bill Broun shares an update on the latest issues brought before the board.
Letter writer Sue Lucrezi of Lower Saucon Township says four new members who were recently elected to the Saucon Valley School Board will help promote positive change in district schools.
New Saucon Valley School Board member Bill Broun shares five things that have stood out to him since taking office in early December.
Over the objections of residents who spoke at the meeting, the Saucon Valley School Board unanimously approved retroactive 3 percent pay raises for the district's superintendent and business manager Tuesday.
The unofficial results from Tuesday's election are in, and they include winners and losers in a number of important local races, including Hellertown Borough Council, Lower Saucon Township Council and Saucon Valley School Board. Lower Saucon Township voters also cast ballots in a referendum on instituting term limits for council members.
The unofficial results from Tuesday's primary election are in, with a number of races apparently having been won or lost by relatively small numbers of votes, in part due to low voter participation.
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.
The Southern Lehigh School District released a public statement Thursday, after St. Luke's University Health Network CEO and President Richard A. Anderson criticized its school board for the manner in which the hospital network was recently removed as a collaborator from the district's COVID health and safety plan.
In a Jan. 31 letter to Southern Lehigh School Board members, St. Luke's University Health Network CEO & President Richard A. Anderson criticized the manner in which the board decided to remove SLUHN as a collaborator on its COVID Health & Safety Plan last month.
Letter writer Kristen Bruck says the Southern Lehigh School Board's recent decision to make mask-wearing optional in schools was a mistake, and will disproportionately hurt teachers, many of whom are already struggling.