In the wake of complaints about a sign that promotes tolerance being displayed in Southern Lehigh School District classrooms, the district's school board is scheduled to discuss a proposed sign policy that would regulate and potentially ban certain signs.
As COVID-19 case counts soar to record levels on the wings of the highly-transmissable Omicron variant, local health network officials are asking school districts to keep kids masked in classrooms following the holidays. However, at least one local district is poised to end its mask mandate shortly after students return from the Christmas break.
Changes to the Southern Lehigh School District's current COVID-19 Health & Safety Plan--including the district's masking and quarantine requirements for students and staff--could be approved at a special meeting the school board will hold on Tuesday, Dec. 21.
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.
The votes are in and counted, and according to unofficial Lehigh County primary election results, the race for Southern Lehigh School Board will be a bit narrower in the fall.
Southern Lehigh residents who would like to ask some of their school board candidates questions in person may want to attend an upcoming meet-and-greet sponsored by the Lehigh County Republican Committee.
Saucon Source invited the 11 candidates running for four seats on the Southern Lehigh School Board to share a statement about why they are seeking election to the board and what they hope to accomplish if elected to it. Here they are, unfiltered and in their own words.
Primary election day in Pennsylvania is now less than six weeks away. Consequently, many candidates for local office are busy introducing themselves to voters, or in the case of incumbents seeking re-election, highlighting their records.
