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Stephanie Sigafoos/LehighValleyNews.comAdditional cleaning and air quality testing remain underway at Sheridan and Ritter elementary schools, Allentown School District said in an update Sunday. -
File/LehighValleyNews.comSchool directors are scheduled to vote Monday on a whether to promote Assistant Superintendent Karen Trinkle to chief of schools. The proposed five-year contract comes a month after school directors voted to part ways with the previous superintendent.
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The primaries winnowed the field for Pen Argyl Area School Board, but voters in Pen Argyl and Plainfield Township will have more decisions to make in November. -
First-time candidate Cindy O'Brien won the Republican primary in the race for Bethlehem Area School Board.
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Two of the three candidates supported by Moms for Liberty Northampton survived the primary, both being in Region I.
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The students will present their original scripts for the first time at a performance at Zoellner Arts Center on Friday, May 19.
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The race featured two slates of Republican candidates and one Democrat. One slate of candidates took a pledge to enact policies regarding LGBTQ students and "woke" curriculum.
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The two opposing candidate groups in the Parkland School Board race have won the Democratic and Republican nominations, according to unofficial results.
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Unofficial results in Northampton County show the incumbents are in control on the Republican primary. Meanwhile, the slate of challengers dominated in the Democratic primary.
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The two slates of candidates in the hotly contested East Penn school board race will appear on the November ballot .
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The Parkland School District budget that was voted on and approved Tuesday night includes a 2.5% property tax increase. The tax hike is district's highest in the past seven years, but is still the lowest millage rate in Lehigh County.
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The school board approved a preliminary budget Monday night. It does not raise property taxes in the 2023-24 school year.
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The governor said he will turn over masking decisions to local school officials on Jan. 17.
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Conflict and tension have ramped up at school board meetings amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Some families are still waiting on funds they were supposed to get months ago to make up for meals students missed during last school year.
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When schools closed or went hybrid due to the pandemic, low-income students missed free or reduced-price meals available through the National School Lunch Program.
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A bill that would require Pennsylvania public schools to post curriculum materials online is advancing through the state legislature. Republicans unanimously support it.
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More meals and a lag between delivery and reimbursement compound the problem.
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Penn State is requiring all University Park campus employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8 to comply with President Joe Biden’s executive order, the university announced Tuesday.
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First Lady Jill Biden visited Allentown on Wednesday to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and took time to listen to members of the city’s Latino community.
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First Lady Jill Biden will be in Allentown Wednesday to help celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting a “charla,” Spanish for “chat” or “conversation,” at the Community Services for Children’s Learning Hub.
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The Allentown School District’s (ASD) new superintendent, John D. Stanford, is set to receive an annual salary of $230,000. Given the district’s financial challenges, some community members have called into question the amount allocated for his compensation.
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First Lady Jill Biden’s visit on Wednesday will be a continuation of her series of conversations in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month during the last week of the 2021 celebration.
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More than a month into the school year, Pennsylvania’s mask mandate for schools is still in place while schools and parents have adopted routines for keeping kids safe while remaining in the classroom.
