Two incoming juniors, Lucas Finzi and Brynn Keyser, voiced their concerns about the Palisades School Reopening Health and Safety Plan at the July 22 school board meeting at which the board passed the plan by a vote of 5 to 4.
The final Southern Lehigh School District School Board meeting of the 2019-20 school year was characterized by two prevailing themes: approving a Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Program for all faculty and staff and concerns over reopening schools for the 2020-21 school year.
Approximately 170 residents joined Monday’s Pennridge virtual school board meeting in response to recent online comments made by board vice president and curriculum director Joan Cullen.
The president of a school board in upper Montgomery County is under attack for what a former student in the district is calling "transphobic" comments about Pennsylvania health secretary Dr. Rachel Levine she appears to have posted on Facebook.
In response to what he said are recent comments about bullying in Saucon Valley schools posted on social media, Saucon Valley School Disrict superintendent Dr. Craig Butler has sought to reassure parents that the district is adequately addressing all bullying concerns.
The parent of a Saucon Valley Middle School student denounced the manner in which he says his daughter's bullying at the hands of a classmate since the start of the school year has been handled by the school's administrators at Tuesday night's school board meeting.
Already smoke-free, Saucon Valley Middle School will have an updated tobacco/smoking student handbook policy that specifically covers vaping–which has become a growing trend among teens–after school board members voted unanimously to approve it at their meeting Tuesday.
The Southern Lehigh School Board met Monday to adopt a district budget that includes a modest tax increase for the 2019-2020 school year. School officials also reflected on the high school's graduation ceremony, which was held Friday.
Saucon Valley High School students who are interested in developing alternative eating habits such as veganism can find support in a new club, organizers told the school board at their meeting Tuesday.
Saucon Valley School District will have a new assistant superintendent, after the school board Tuesday approved hiring Dr. Kristine Rosenberger to take over that role, effective upon her release from her current employer.
