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Stephanie Sigafoos/LehighValleyNews.comThey payment will be covered by the school district's insurance. The amount ordered by the judge is significantly less than the amount request by the ex-teacher and his legal team. -
Donna S. Fisher/For LehighValleyNews.comThe college is asking city officials to rezone the College Drive property from residential to industrial-governmental to allow its use as a school facility.
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US Rep. Susan Wild, D-7th District, and USDA Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small visited the Greater Valley YMCA in Pen Argyl on Thursday for the kickoff of its Summer Nutrition Program. -
Parkland School Board approved its final budget Tuesday, which will take the millage rate from 16.30 mills to 17.12 mills, a 5% increase. The average resident will pay about $200 more in school property taxes next year.
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The Parkland School Board on Tuesday accepted district Director of Performing Arts Frank Anonia’s resignation, effective Friday, June 21. Anonia recently was the subject of an internal investigation.
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Superintendent Jack Silva said the spending plan “maintains all of our academic programming, asks for some additional revenue from our local taxpayers and manages our fund balance at the policy level of where it should be.”
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Parkland School Board on Tuesday will vote on whether to accept district Director of Performing Arts Frank Anonia’s resignation, effective June 21, according to the meeting’s agenda.
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The free summer learning program runs Tuesdays through Thursdays for six weeks starting June 25. Registration is required and is open for a limited time.
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Just about everything appears to be in order in regard to an agreement between Easton officials and the school district to revamp Vanderveer Park.
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The Pennsylvania House passed a bill last week that would overhaul the state’s education funding system, sending millions to Lehigh Valley schools over the next seven years. But it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
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Over the past 14 weeks, about a dozen Lehigh Valley teens participated in the pre-apprenticeship program at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 375 in Allentown.
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The mural, by artist Mercedes Salazar, is a collaboration with Lehigh Valley Arts & Cultural Alliance, Community Action of Development of Allentown, The Chamber Foundation and Allentown Mural Arts.
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The plan would require recipients to stay in Pennsylvania for a number of years.
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Mayor Matt Tuerk said bolstering the public school system is a priority of his administration.
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Local legislators react with praise and caution.
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The donation by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is part of $133.5M she's giving to the national nonprofit.
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The collection is one part of a wider effort to make Lehigh more inclusive.
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Students' financial situations and time are some of the reasons, colleges say.
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A child home for a 10-day quarantine this year would be eligible for about $71.
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Pennsylvania is being sued over the way it funds education.
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The center will support medical and nursing students and is expected to be completed early next year.
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The district is trying to keep its schools open in spite of the surging number of COVID cases.
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Plans are to resume in-person classes on Jan. 31.
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Multiple bus runs after school could also mean students will get home later.
