The Camp Invention summer enrichment program has been approved for the fifth annual year in Northampton Area School District.

NASD board of education voted unanimously 9-0, at the recommendation of the administration, to approve the program, which will be held June 22-June 25, 2020.

Cost for the four-day summer Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities program is $185 for grades 2 through 5 and $95 for grades 6 through 8.

The prices are reduced and made possible by a contribution from Northampton Area Konkrete Kids Educational Foundation. There is no cost to NASD for the programs.

In other business at the Oct. 14 NASD board meeting, directors voted 9-0 to approve:

• The resignation of Joan Filipovits, athletic office secretary, for retirement, effective Jan. 6, 2020. Filipovits, a district resident, has worked for the district for 23-1/2 years.

“I’d like to thank her for everything she’s done for the district over the years,” Superintendent of Schools Joseph S. Kovalchik said.

• Voluntary transfer of Patricia McGee from 12-month Northampton Area High School office secretary to 12-month athletic office secretary, effective Nov. 18, with no change in salary

• Assistants to the athletic director, effective Nov. 18, at the designated stipends for the winter sports season - Kyle Haas, winter season, $2,000, and Michael Missmer, winter season, $2,000

• 2019-20 winter season head coaches and assistant coaches with their designated payments, effective July 1 through June 30, 2020

• Armin Steinberger, long-term substitute German teacher, NAHS, effective for the second semester of the 2019-20 school year, pending receipt of proper documentation and credentials, at $297.36 per diem

• Helen Suchajda, short-term substitute special education teacher, George Wolf Elementary School, effective retroactive to Sept. 3 through Nov. 15, at a salary of $125 per day

• Caterina Mengel, long-term substitute special education instructional assistant, Siegfried Elementary School, effective Nov. 11 for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, at $10.53 per hour

• Sandra Bischof, special education instructional assistant, Siegfried Elementary, effective Nov. 11, at $13.89 per hour, with benefits

• Resignation of Carrie Berger, school psychologist, effective Oct. 31

• Additions and deletions to the substitute listing for the 2019-20 school year

• Revised listing of 68-day short-term substitute teachers for the 2019-20 school year at a per diem rate of $125, with no benefits

• Addition to extracurricular staff and stipends for the 2019-20 school year

• Revised mentor-inductee list for the 2019-20 school year, including the mentors and stipend payment for the 2019-20 school year

• Revised listing of traffic duty monitors and hourly rates, effective retroactive to Aug. 26 through the end of the 2019-20 school year

• Revised master district volunteer list for the 2019-20 school year

• Attendance of eight teachers and administrators at the 2019 Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching Conference, State College, Oct. 28-29, at an approximate cost of $2,100, included in the 2019-20 board-approved curriculum budget

• Attendance of three world language teachers, April Krempasky, Theresa Wenck and Catherine Salazar, at the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association Fall Conference, State College, Oct. 25-26, at an approximate cost of $756.91, included in the 2019-20 board-approved curriculum budget

• Ryan Mertz, Tracy Rolles, approximately 65 students and eight-10 chaperones to travel to Orlando, Fla., April 4-8, 2020, at a cost to NASD to not exceed $660, covered in the 2019-20 board-approved budget

• A two-year extension with Provident Energy Consulting LLC, to purchase electricity through fiscal year 2023-24, at a consulting rate remaining at $0.001 per kilowatt hour

• Addendum for Portnoff Law Associates Ltd., to collect NASD’s 2019 delinquent real estate taxes

• 2019-20 budget transfers

• Tax exonerations-changes

• Bills for payment

• Creation of an NAHS student activity account for Kids for Christ

The NASD school board is next scheduled to meet 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in the administration building, 2014 Laubach Ave., Northampton.