Joshua Soliday

This Comprehensive Plan aims to educate, engage, and empower every student daily by fostering a safe, cooperative, and rigorous educational environment that provides real-world opportunities. Key priorities include enhancing the systematic collection and analysis of student academic data to inform instruction and interventions in Reading and Mathematics, and integrating the new STEELS (Science, Technology, Engineering, Environment, Literacy, and Society) curriculum and instructional practices across all appropriate grade levels. The plan also focuses on improving school climate and culture through a character development program and leveraging grant funding to update curriculum and increase experiential learning.

The board meeting covered various topics, including teacher training requests, substitute teacher appointments, job descriptions, conference attendance approvals, coach hirings, policy changes, booster association recognition, architectural consultant selection, field trip approvals, fundraisers, tax exonerations, delinquent tax adjustments, inter-district agreements, tax return processes, rental requests, tax listing purchases, family leave requests, tuition contracts, and personnel matters. Concerns were raised regarding special education teacher aide hours. End-of-season reports were heard from various coaches, and high school SAT score achievements were recognized.

The board meeting covered various topics, including budget approval (with a focus on tax resolutions and an increase in tax rates), personnel matters (hiring, resignations, and insurance plan additions), policy changes (promotion and retention), and vendor selection (fuel and propane). Reports were heard from board members and coaches, and questions were addressed regarding booster policies and financial reporting. An executive session was held to discuss personnel matters.

The board meeting covered various personnel matters, including appointments, hirings, and a change in retirement date for a teacher. Financial matters included the approval of bills, amending a motion regarding a temporary employee's start date, and a partial payment for a sewer project. The board also addressed several requests, including those for coaching positions, substitute employees, homebound instruction, extracurricular activities (Story/Activity Hour, Summer Science Enrichment Program), rental waivers, community service projects, field trips, tax exonerations, and substitute teachers. A request for leave without pay was disapproved. Discussions included plans for the After Prom Party, a report on support personnel contracts, a Health & Welfare Trust Report, and concerns about copier costs. A microwave donation to the district was noted.

The board meeting covered various topics, including the hiring of coaches, policy changes regarding sick leave banks, the hiring of a substitute teacher, and the acceptance of resignations. A concurrent enrollment agreement with Lehigh Carbon Community College was approved, along with a change order for a sewer project. Rental requests were approved, and permission was sought to bid on the purchase of the high school yearbook. Tax listings were approved, and elementary staff were assigned to implement a 21st Century Program. A temporary professional employee was hired. A certificate of achievement and gift card were presented to a student, and a plaque was presented to a former board member. Student concerns regarding the prom date were addressed, and a HACC report was presented. Personnel matters were discussed in an executive session.