Northern Lebanon SD board approves $9 million bond parameters, adopts comprehensive plan and extracurricular slate; rejects new space-use policy

At its March 11 meeting, the Northern Lebanon School District board of directors approved a parameters resolution for a proposed $9,000,000 bond sale, adopted the district comprehensive plan and Act 48 professional development plan, approved the slate of extracurricular coaches and a new student-activity job description with several recorded dissenting votes on specific items, and denied a motion to draft a policy that would have required board approval when a unique district space is repurposed for longer than a month.

The bond parameters resolution sets the maximum borrowing at $9,000,000 and authorizes PFM Financial Advisors to manage the sale as an auction currently scheduled for March 26, with settlement anticipated within 30 days after sale, subject to final review by district finance staff. Rhonda Lord of Saxon Stump, participating by videoconference, described the resolution as a standard first step and said Leanne (district finance staff) will approve the final numbers at sale day.

The board also voted to adopt the district comprehensive plan and the professional development plan (Act 48). District administrators said the required public posting under Department of Education rules was met and that curriculum and assessment are the plan’s central focus. Administration noted $120,000 set aside in the textbook/materials budget for curriculum adoptions on the district’s five‑year cycle.

Board members approved item 8.3, a bundled set of extracurricular personnel actions that included head‑coach appointments and a new job description titled student…