Several assistant coaches for the 2017-18 school year have been hired in Northampton Area School District.

Hired at the Aug. 28 NASD Board of Education meeting, at the recommendation of the administration, were Robert Hahn, assistant boys soccer coach, at a stipend of $1,708, and Adam O’Hara, assistant girls volleyball coach, at $1,500.

Hired at the Aug. 14 NASD Board of Education meeting were Kayla Bringenberg, assistant cheerleading coach, $2,912, and Jacqueline Steidel, assistant cheerleading coach, $1,941.

At the Aug. 28 NASD Board of Education meeting, school directors voted 9-0 to approve:

Helen Deegan, short-term substitute physical education teacher, Northampton Area High School, retroactive to Aug. 28 through on or about Nov. 1, with continued employment pending receipt of appropriate documentation, at $125 per day, with no benefits;

Special education instructional assistants, at $12.07 per hour, with benefits: Kelsey Himmelwright, 1:1, Northampton Area Middle School, retroactive to Aug. 28; Yvonne Bachert, NAMS, retroactive to Aug. 28; Megan Snyder, NAMS, and Bridget King, NAMS, effective on or before Sept. 11, pending receipt of proper documentation, at $13.58 per hour, with benefits;

Custodians, at $19.26 per hour, 85 percent of hourly rate, with benefits: Mark McConnell, Tuesday-Saturday custodian, Moore Elementary School, effective Aug. 29; Ronald Matika, Tuesday-Saturday custodian, Siegfried Elementary School, retroactive to Aug. 22, and Kristi Wert, third-shift custodian, NAHS, retroactive to Aug. 22;

Michael Moser, paid leave of absence, Aug. 18-22, and an unpaid leave of absence, Aug. 23-Oct. 6, with insurance;

Bethany Valimont, extension to unpaid child rearing leave of absence, through Oct. 31, with insurance;

Resignations: Melissa White, special education instructional assistant, effective Aug. 15; and Kimberly James, special education instructional assistant, effective Aug. 16;

For the 2017-18 school year: memorandum of understanding between NASD and Northampton Area Educators Association for early-morning classes at NAHS; revised curricula for elementary, middle school and high school for business-technology, English, learning support, math, music, social studies and world language; three contracts associated with required special education programming for a student with significant disabilities (costs related to contracts part of board-approved district special education budget); revised list of professional and support staff transfers; additions and deletions to substitute listing; revised master district volunteer list; revised list of 68-day short-term substitute teachers, at a per diem rate of $125, with no benefits; traffic duty monitors and hourly rates; and additions to the extracurricular staff members and stipends;

Donna Teklits to attend the Attendance-Child Accounting Professional Association annual conference, Nov. 1-3, at a cost to the district of $919.95; and

Charles Longacre, NASD Board of Education director, to attend 2017 PAGE Conference, Nov. 16-17, at a cost of $579.18.

At the Aug. 14 NASD Board of Education meeting, at the recommendation of the administration, school directors voted 9-0 to approve:

Amber Konek, English teacher, NAMS, effective Aug. 21, at $58,144, with benefits, based on a master’s degree;

Melissa Amberger, English teacher, NAMS, effective Aug. 21, at $49,540, with benefits, based on a bachelor’s degree;

Kelsey Morrison, special education teacher, NAMS, effective Aug. 21, at $49,540, with benefits, based on a bachelor’s degree;

Ranim Sankari, short-term substitute grade 4 teacher, Siegfried Elementary School, effective Aug. 21, through on or about Jan. 8, 2018, at $150 per diem, without benefits;

Contract between NASD and Paul Buechle as a psychoeducational evaluator, effective Aug. 15. The contract terminates June 30, 2018. The provided services will not exceed $12,000, plus mileage;

Megan Snyder, paid leave of absence, Aug. 21-24, and unpaid child rearing leave, Aug. 28-Oct. 31, with insurance;

Kristin Weller, half-year sabbatical, for professional development, second semester, 2017-18 school year;

Erin Kessler, cafeteria monitor, Moore Elementary School, effective Aug. 28, at an hourly rate of $12.07, without benefits;

Voluntary transfers, effective Aug. 15, with no change in base salaries: Eric Bauer, Tuesday-Saturday custodian, Siegfried Elementary School, to Tuesday-Saturday custodian, Lehigh Elementary School; and Salvatore Martuscelli, third-shift custodian, NAHS, to middle-shift custodian, Siegfried Elementary School;

Resignations: Andrea Orlando, special education instructional assistant, effective Aug. 14; Adria Rios, chemistry teacher, effective no later than Oct. 2; Kara Kern, special education instructional assistant, effective Aug. 20; Heather Apostolopoulos, musical drama director and newspaper adviser, effective July 23; and Michael Moser, custodian, for retirement, effective Oct. 6;

For the 2017-18 school year: district master volunteer list; master substitute listing; revised department and district coordinators and NAMS subject leaders’ compensations; community education program of the fall 2017 roster of instructors and stipends; job descriptions for supervisor of facilities, director of operations, secretary for the director of operations, inventory control coordinator, courier-route driver, maintenance I, maintenance II, working head custodian and custodian, effective Aug. 15; memorandum of understanding between NASD and ESPA Union: Pamela Romanishan to receive category I-group B secretary rate at 100 percent, effective Aug. 28; and listing of 68-day short-term substitute teachers, at a per diem rate of $125, with no benefits;

April Krempasky and Theresa Wenck in the 2017-18 German American Partnership Program (GAPP), which includes accompanying students to Germany for exchange visit and coordinating and hosting visiting German students to NASD. Cost to the district is approximately $2,700, included in the board-approved 2017-18 curriculum budget;

Submit a claim form to recover a portion of tuition paid to PA Cyber Charter School for enrollment of 4-year-old students in the cyber school’s kindergarten program, subject to court approval of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed against the cyber school;

Collaborative agreement-contract for services between Community Services for Children Inc., Head Start of the Lehigh Valley and NASD for 2017-18 to implement Head Start pre-K for 20 pre-K students. There is no cost to the district for this program;

Lease agreement between First Student Inc. and NASD, effective Aug. 16-July 15, 2018;

Consultative transition services with Dr. Domenico Cavaiuolo, educational and rehabilitation consultant, for a student with special needs, at a cost not to exceed $2,000;

Elementary school from donors choice in response to a request placed by Christine Nemeh, ESL and counseling intern; and

Accept with appreciation $250 worth of clothing and school supplies for students at George Wolf Elementary School; 500 elementary-level books to NASD elementary students from logistics and material handling program at LCTI and First Book; and $250 worth of elementary-level books to NASD for Siegfried Elementary School in memory of Lynne Reagan Johnson.