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Board approves retirements, contracts, budgets and routine items
Summary
The Northwestern Lehigh board approved personnel retirements, several contracts and event expenses, budgets, and routine operations items including a three-bus preorder and multiple consent agreements; audit and actuarial documents were received for the record.
At its regular meeting, the Northwestern Lehigh School District board approved multiple consent and action items including personnel retirements, event contracts, budgets and operational purchases.
Personnel: The board accepted five retirements presented by district staff: Sue Hamlin (35 years), Pam Newhart (35 years), Linda Pace (17 years), Karen Rex (38 years) and Susan Ware (24 years), a combined 149 years of service acknowledged by the board. A motion to approve personnel actions passed by voice vote; the record notes two abstentions on the personnel vote.
Contracts and events: The board approved a Prismatic Magic assembly for Northwestern Elementary (March 24) at $1,448 to be paid from student-activity funds, and an author/illustrator visit by Ralph Maciello on March 13 for $1,800. The board also approved a Hawk Mountain Council agreement for a sixth-grade outing covering roughly 155 students at a per-student cost of $7.50.
Operations and finance: The board approved two operations consent items including health/environmental emergency-response services and a preorder of three buses under the Sourcewell contract for next school year. The board received the audited financial statements as of June 30, 2025, and accepted an actuarial valuation agreement. CLIU 2627 and LTRC 2627 budgets were presented and approved; board members requested a follow-up on total budget figures for one line item.
Other consent items accepted in a single motion included a KRE security-services agreement (pending solicitor approval) and three agreements in lieu of fate for individual student matters. The board also moved and approved payment of bills and heard routine administrative and committee reports.
Next steps: Several items noted will be brought back as needed, staff will provide a requested budget detail update, and the board will consider remaining agenda items at upcoming March meetings (workshop March 4; regular meeting March 18).
