Palmerton Area school board

Palmerton Area School District’s board of directors approved the following action Tuesday night:

• Approved insurance renewals including property, CM Regent Insurance Company, $56,700; general liability and crime, CM Regent Insurance Company, $29,360; automobile, CM Regent Insurance Company, $6,044; equipment breakdown, CM Regent Insurance Company, $5,286; umbrella, CM Regent Insurance Company, $12,890; cyber liability, Lloyd’s of London, $7,005.36; and school leaders’ liability, CM Regent Insurance Company, $18,656. The total above premium represents a $3,209 increase over the previous year.

• Approved a two-year KRE security proposal at a cost to the district of $155,280 per year.

• Approved increasing the daily substitute teacher rate to $110 per day and the short-term substitute teacher rate to $140 per day after 20 days.

• Approved the second reading of its professional development policy.

• Approved Tara Marques as a substitute instructional assistant.

• Approved Randi Freed and Miranda Allen as volunteer advisers for the STEM Club for the 2019-20 school year.

• Approved Mark Benner as a full-time custodian at the starting salary of $44,714.

• Approved Lindsay Dillman as a junior high school life skills instructional assistant at the rate of $15.35 per hour.

• Approved Valerie VanWhy to the elementary life skills instructional position.

• Approved Gerard Donati, Chloe Flecha and Wendy Wright as guest teachers.

• Approved an agreement with Nnaemeka Sam-Otuh aka DJ Space Rudy Entertainment retroactive to the homecoming dance held on Oct. 12, 2019.

• Approved B-Flat Entertainment’s DJ agreement for the Halloween dance on Nov. 1, 2019.