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An environmental quality study is underway at the Penn-Kidder campus in Jim Thorpe Area School District due to what district officials termed “health concerns” by a large group of staff members. Jim T...

The Jim Thorpe Area School District board of directors approved a two-year extension to Superintendent Robert Presley’s contract Wednesday night via a 6-1 vote. The contract, which started on Aug. 1, ...

A former Jim Thorpe Area School District volunteer baseball coach questioned the school board Wednesday night over the intended use of a $25,000 pledge from Lehigh Valley Health Network. Rich Strack s...

Two upcoming roofing projects in Jim Thorpe Area School District will cost just over $200,000. Jim Thorpe’s board of directors approved two Weatherproofing Technologies Inc. proposals Wednesday night ...

Tremco Roofing officials presented Jim Thorpe Area School District directors with an estimated $3.3 million plan Wednesday night that would see at least a portion of all three of its school roofs repa...

Jim Thorpe Area School District has a new business manager and director of building of grounds following school board approval for both Wednesday night. Directors hired Brian Off as business manager a...

Jim Thorpe Area School District is planning to add a districtwide crisis counselor in the 2023-24 school year through the help of a state grant. Superintendent Robert Presley said the counselor’s firs...

It’s been over a decade since property taxes have gone up in Jim Thorpe Area School District and that doesn’t appear to be changing now. Jim Thorpe’s school board on Wednesday night approved a propose...

Two school districts that previously tabled Carbon Career and Technical Institute’s 2023-24 operating budget recently gave it their stamp of approval. Jim Thorpe and Palmerton both passed the spending...

A tense Jim Thorpe Area School District board of directors meeting ended Wednesday night with current head coaches for fall sports receiving permission to begin offseason workouts. The decision came a...