The hiring of an accountant was approved by Northampton Area School District Board of Education March 9.

School directors voted to hire Jessica Lear as senior accountant, effective March 25, pending receipt of proper documentation, at a $55,000 salary, pro-rated with benefits.

The board also voted to approve the revised job description for the senior accountant position, effective March 10.

The next school board meeting was scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 23 in the NASD Administration Building, 2014 Laubach Ave., Northampton.

However, holding the March 23 meeting is unlikely.

In a March 13 email response as to whether the state-mandated school shutdown would require the March 23 school board meeting to be canceled, NASD Superintendent of Schools Joseph S. Kovalchik stated, “Everything is canceled for the next two weeks.”

In other business at the March 9 meeting, school directors voted to approve:

• Harley-Day Hallman, special education 1:1 instructional assistant, Lehigh Elementary School, retroactive to Feb. 25, at $13.07 per hour, with benefits

• Resignation of Nancy Miller, special education instructional assistant, for retirement, effective June 3, or the last student day of the 2019-20 school year

• Resignation of Devin Steele, autistic support teacher, effective Feb. 24

• Resignation of Bradford Sell, Young Politicians Club adviser, Northampton Area High School, effective March 31

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

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

• Adoption of policy 413, effective March 9, evaluation of professional employees. Approval of policy 412-413 (4:01) deletion, effective March 9, evaluation of district personnel

• Three-year service agreement with Solo Pest Control, of Walnutport, at an annual cost of $4,320 with a 0-percent increase over the contract, July 1-June 30, 2023

• 2020 summer school tuition rates of $300 for resident students and $325 for nonresident students

• Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit student driver education program agreement

• Sixty-month lease with Fraser Advanced Information Systems for 11 copiers in district offices at $2,585 per month

• One-year extension for trash removal and recycling services to Chrin Hauling Inc., at $4,220.75 per month, effective July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022

• Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit nonmember school district and charter schools special education services agreement

• Nicholas Politi as NASD representative to Northampton Community College Board of Trustees, effective July 1-June 30, 2026