Northern Lehigh School Board

Enhanced safety to the entrances of its school buildings are on tap in the Northern Lehigh School District.

On a unanimous vote, the school board on Monday agreed to enter into a contract with PA Window Tint Inc. to install safety film on the entrances of all of the school buildings as an added safety measure at a cost of $40,832.

Other action

The board approved the following financial matters on Monday:

• Authorized administration to purchase door hardware to secure the vestibules at Slatington Elementary School, Northern Lehigh Middle School, and the district office, at a cost of $11,216.

• Approved the purchase of a 2003 Chevrolet Van from Brandywine Transportation to be utilized by lead maintenance personnel at a cost not to exceed $2,000.

• Approved the recommendation of the administration that, effective Aug. 27, school lunch prices will increase from $2.55 to $2.65 at the elementary schools, and from $2.80 to $2.90 at the middle school and high school students.

• Approved the awarding of fuel bids to Talley Petroleum Enterprises, with a contract period of July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, for unleaded gasoline tank wagon delivery at a fixed price of $2,6281 per gallon; No. 2 grade fuel oil tank transport delivery at a fixed price of $2.1450 per gallon, No. 2 grade fuel oil tank wagon delivery at a fixed price of $2.8538 per gallon; and bio diesel fuel tank wagon delivery at a fixed price of $2.6890 per gallon, and an additional $0.0400 (winterization additive) per gallon.

• Authorized proper officials to ratify a contractual agreement between the district and the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit No. 21 to continue the Student Driver Education Program at no cost to the district, effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.

• Approved a tuition fee of $30 per student for a one-week elementary summer band program, and also approved a stipend for summer band program director Steven Jonkman, whose stipend will be equal to the amount collected for student participation, but will not exceed $1,000. The summer band program will run Aug. 13-17.

• Allowed administration to sign the CLIU Technology Pool Consortium Agreement for the 2018-19 school year.

• Allowed administration to sign the CLIU TransPerfect Agreement to provide language interpreting related services as needed for the 2018-19 school year.

• Approved the co-payment amount for student athletes receiving a sports physical from St. Luke’s Sports Medicine during the 2018-19 school year at a cost of $5 per student.

• Authorized administration to sign the CSIU eService Rates contract for accounting, payroll and personnel software services for the 2018-19 school year.

• Elected Donna Kulp as board treasurer for the 2018-19 school year, effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.