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Allentown School Board elected Audrey Mathison as president and Nancy Wilt as vice president for 2023.
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Following Allentown School Board’s appointment of Carol Birks to acting superintendent, community leaders are skeptical about her ability to lead, but hopeful she will be successful in the role for the sake of district students.
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Allentown School Board voted 6-3 to enter into a separation agreement with Superintendent John Stanford, who has been on the job for less than a year.
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Allentown School Board voted to pursue selling McKinley and Cleveland elementary schools to charity. The board plans to vote on new middle school building plans later this month.
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The Allentown School Board passed its 2022-23 budget, which will increase taxes for the sixth year in a row, even though some board members think the tax hike will burden families already struggling with rising costs.