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Jenny Roberts/Lehigh Valley NewsAt the new theme-based school, the goal is for students to become bilingual and biliterate. The superintendent said the academy is an effort to honor the district’s large Latino population.
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Jason Addy/LehighValleyNews.comThe Midway Manor Community Association could lose access to its lifeblood if Allentown School District adds more modular classrooms at an East Side academy.
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Friends Aveer Chadha and Nikhil Skandan recently expanded the reach of their nonprofit organization EmpowerIndiaEdu to nearly three dozen additional partner schools in India.
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Scranton-based Lackawanna College will offer associate degrees in carpentry and construction technology, electrical technology, and welding and fabrication technology. HVAC to come, officials said.
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Northampton Area school director resigns over residency change amid his lawsuit against school boardBrian McCulloch resigned from his seat representing Region 3. He also is suing the school board for an alleged Sunshine Act violation.
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Parkland School District will seek to join a lawsuit that will decide the future of Nexus 78, a proposed warehouse near district property in North Whitehall Township. The warehouse would be unsafe for students, board members said.
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Director Emily Gehman criticized the district's lawyer for failing to adjust the agreement with the proper payout amount.
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Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley was inducted into the Whitehall High School Hall of Fame on Friday night.
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Parkland School Board plans to vote Monday to join a court battle to decide whether a 501,000-square-foot warehouse will take shape in North Whitehall Township.
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Allentown School District held a kickoff event Thursday at South Mountain to tell students and families about the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program that gives each student an iPad for the school year.
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Parkland High School teachers reported suspected misconduct by ex-performing arts administrator Frank Anonia more than a decade before his arrest on charges of secretly recording a student in a dressing room, a former teacher testified. Anonia is due in court for a criminal trial this week.
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The Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School in Allentown held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its $16.8 million school for fourth-to-eighth graders on Friday morning.
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The Allentown School District held Unity Day events at its 15 elementary schools on Wednesday. The message at each focused on bullying prevention, as October is National Bullying Prevention Month.
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Several cases of the disease have been identified since school began in August.
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The school board is expected to vote next week on a request by Moms for Liberty to ban a book. Three other written requests have also been filed.
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East Penn School Board candidates gathered Tuesday evening for a candidate forum hosted by the League of Woman Voters, fielding questions about school safety, transparency, and facilities expansion among other issues.
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Emmaus has proposed shifting crossing guard responsibilities to the East Penn School District citing declining volunteerism and a similar agreement with Lower Macungie Township
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity hosted a children's storytime hour sponsored by the Northampton chapter of conservative group Moms for Liberty.
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The Allentown School District will deploy metal detectors at certain entrance points at each of the three high schools in the Allentown School District — Allen High, Dieruff High and Building 21 — and at J. Birney Crum Stadium.
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Pennsylvania State Police say officials have been unable to determine what caused eight children and five adults to become sick at the Lehigh Valley Children's Center on Park Avenue on Wednesday. Air quality tests are scheduled.
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A heated race has emerged at the East Penn School Board, with five spots up for grabs and only two incumbents running. Questions of national political issues and influence have surrounded the race, as accusations of extremism have been directed towards candidates based on connections and donations.
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District staff, students, staff and community members gathered at Allen High School to give feedback about implementing metal detectors and other security measures.
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Six of the nine seats on the Parkland School Board are up for election. Two opposing candidate groups will face off on Nov. 7.