The school board Aug. 28 announced and approved the Saucon Valley Recreational Swim Membership program for the 2018-19 school year. District residents and non-residents can purchase season passes for individuals or families to swim at the Saucon Valley High School pool. New for this year is a 10-swim membership at $60 for those who don’t want to purchase a season membership. The 10-swim membership allows for 10 swims and does not have to be designated exclusively for a specific person, but rather can be used by up to 10 different people with the pass. For further information about hours and fees go to https://www.svpanthers.org/domain/73 and click on the link for SV Recreational Swim Membership Flyer.

Also during the meeting, the following staff members were congratulated for receiving tenure, according to successful evaluations per state regulations: high school physical education and health teacher Domenica Ellis, high school English teacher Melissa Maynard, middle school family and consumer science teacher Lori Ross and high school counselor Samantha Trachtman.

The board approved Amy Lookenbill as a long-term substitute beginning Nov. 2, 2018 through March 18, 2019. She is replacing third grade elementary school teacher Paige Histand, who will be on maternity leave during this time. Ms. Lookenbill’s base salary will be $50,882, which will be prorated for number of days worked.

The board approved the following substitute teacher list: Christopher Klump – Emergency Certified, Samantha Kuczinski-Emergency Certified, Daniel Macarro-Social Studies and Jennifer McClarin-Emergency School Nurse.