During its March 12 meeting, Whitehall- Coplay School Board voted to accept bids from four contractors for renovations to Whitehall-Coplay Middle School.

The bids totaled $3,038,300 and included upgrades to the school’s HVAC, plumbing and electrical infrastructure.

The school board also accepted bids from IntegraONE and Micro Technology Group for the campuswide wireless project. IntegraONE will be contracted to handle the hardware at an estimated cost of $741,114, and Micro Technology Group will install the cabling at an estimated cost of $277,561.

In other news, the retirement of Peter Bugbee, Steckel Elementary School principal and former WCMS principal, will take effect Aug. 20. He worked in the Whitehall-Coplay School District for 23 years.

Other notable retirements that were accepted by the school board include high school industrial arts teacher Barry Hessinger and fifth-grade teacher Richard Garger. Hessinger has been in the district for 38 years, and Garger will be wrapping up his 32nd year.

Also at the meeting, the school board adopted its budget for the Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute and Lehigh Carbon Community College.

WCSD’s sponsor share for CLIU is $58,777, a $966 decrease from last year.

The district’s sponsor share for the LCTI general fund is $1,831,549, a $105,010 increase from the prior year. WCSD will also contribute $108,630 toward the academic center’s budget.

WCSD’s sponsor share for LCCC is $527,648, a 0.2-percent increase from last year.

The school board approved proposals from Hafer Equipment to replace and install the district’s fuel management system and Playground Pros for the installation of new playground equipment at Zephyr Elementary School.

High school Student Council President Genesis Perez announced that more than $1,900 has been raised for the school’s Mini-THON event. More than 80 participants are signed up for the fundraiser, which is scheduled for April 7.

The next school board meeting will take place 7 p.m. April 9.