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Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comIn an email, Allentown School District said mold spores were found in several elementary school classrooms. Remedial action has been taken, the district said in a release, and the classrooms will be tested ahead of the first day of school.
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Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comThey will serve in districtwide administrative roles and as school building leaders.
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Director Patrick Foose has recently clashed with other board directors and has been the lone dissenting vote on several issues related to transparency on the board.
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Lehigh president Joseph J. Helble said "racist language" was used, but the assault was not racially motivated.
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Some Lehigh Valley school districts are reviewing their safety protocols for responding to injuries at area football games after Damar Hamlin's recent collapse brought renewed attention to the dangers of the sport.
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In a 50-year career, Richard Aronson is believed to have taught more Lehigh University students than any other instructor in the school's history.
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Moravian educator hopes to make ecology a more diverse field with her cohort of students through the research funded by this grant.
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Levinson was originally appointed to the East Penn School Board in September 2018 and was later elected to a full four-year term in 2019.
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Parkland School Board Vice President Marisa Ziegler announced her reelection campaign Tuesday.
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Take a look at stories throughout the week of which we are most proud, had a profound impact or that you might want to look at again.
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Christopher Schweikert, 27, of Coplay, who also is a teacher at Freedom High School, had a sexual relationship with the girl, whom he coached, according to Northampton County prosecutors.
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The board had two vacancies due to the resignations of now-State Sen. Nick Miller and former Director Charlie Thiel.
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Under the proposal, history would be taught in themes instead of chronologically. ASD Board Director Phoebe Harris called it "woke" and opposes the change.
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The Allentown School Board will interview nine applicants to fill two board vacancies following the resignations of Board Director Charlie Thiel and state Sen. Nick Miller.
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Some worry that supports for families at the schools could be lost.
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Khalid Mumin, who has been superintendent of the Lower Merion School district in suburban Philadelphia for a little over a year, will be nominated for education secretary after Josh Shapiro is inaugurated on Jan. 17.
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The appeal involves potential open meetings violations.
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Workers and their dependents can now get up to $2,000 a year for tuition, room and board at any of the 10 Pennsylvania State System universities.
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At the latest hearing for the proposed facility, both witnesses spoke about the need for recovery houses. "There's as much effort being made to get the drugs out there as to keep them also on the down-low, very silenced, so no one really can tell. And they're attacking our young population.” Julissa Pena, a witness for the applicant said.
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The board may have violated transparency laws because key discussions about filling a vacancy did not happen in public, according to Melissa Melewsky, in-house counsel for the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.
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The university's Iacocca Global Entrepreneurship Intensive is a four-week workshop for 15-to-17-year-olds.
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This year, at least seven districts in Pennsylvania have dealt with public complaints and legal challenges related to LGBTQ issues.
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The Parkland School Board voted 7-1 to appoint a longtime former board member to fill the vacant seat.
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The seat on the School Board of Directors was left vacant by state Sen. Nick Miller, following his election to the General Assembly