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Bethlehem Area SD board approves routine consent items, names joint‑committee leadership and welcomes new principal
Summary
The Bethlehem Area School District board approved minutes, committee minutes, finance, facilities, curriculum, and human-resources consent items (all by 7–0 votes), heard committee reports including an appointment of Kristen Soldrich as joint committee chair and scheduled a Dec. 17 special meeting to award bids for a factory expansion, and welcomed Dan Terry as Hanover Elementary principal.
The Bethlehem Area School District board approved a slate of routine and consent items at its Dec. 15 regular meeting, passing minutes and committee minutes and approving the finance, facilities, curriculum and human‑resources items listed on the agenda by unanimous recorded votes.
Motions to approve the November 17 minutes and other listed minutes were passed by voice vote. Subsequent roll-call approvals included finance consent items (agenda 701–704) and the facilities list (11‑01 through 11‑03), curriculum items (12‑01 through 12‑04), additional finance items (13‑01 through 13‑09) and human resources items 14‑01 and 14‑02. The transcript records each of those motions as carrying 7–0.
Committee reports included a Bethlehem joint committee reorganization on Dec. 3. The committee appointed Kristen Soldrich as chair and Emily Schenkel as vice chair, discussed staffing and a tuition rate for nonresident students, and scheduled a special meeting for Dec. 17 via Zoom to award bids for a “factory expansion project.”
The chair also announced personnel items under the human-resources agenda: the board welcomed Mister Dan Terry as the new principal of Hanover Elementary School and flagged a newly negotiated agreement with educational support personnel (ESP), thanking instructional aides, nurses, child‑care and general‑duty aides for their work.
What happens next: routine approvals take effect as recorded; the joint committee will meet Dec. 17 to proceed with bid awards related to the factory expansion project, and the administration will brief the board on budget and program impacts as required.
