A former academic coach at Bangor Area High School has taken over as the new assistant principal at Northern Lehigh High School.

The school board unanimously agreed on Monday to appoint Scott Pyne to the post at a salary of $77,000 (prorated 2011-12 school year), effective upon his release from his current position.That action came after the board accepted the resignation of Donald Allen, effective the end of the work day July 28, 2011.Allen, who became assistant high school principal at Northern Lehigh in 2006, has decided to take the same position at Northwestern Lehigh High School.He will join former Northern Lehigh High School Principal Aileen Yadush, who also resigned from the district in June after she accepted a position to become high school principal at Northwestern Lehigh.Pyne, of Pen Argyl, has spent the past eight years at Bangor, where he began his career as an English teacher. By his third year, he took over as English department chair, and by his fifth year, took over as academic data coach."I'm really excited to be there," said Pyne, 29. "It seems like an amazing place."Pyne said he's eager to join his former Bangor colleague, recently appointed high school Principal Robert Vlasaty."I'm ready to step into the position," he said. "I'm a data-based decision guy."The board's decision to hire Pyne comes after it agreed at a special meeting last month to appoint Vlasaty as high school principal at a salary of $95,000 (prorated 2011-12 school year).Vlasaty, 42, of Nazareth, had most recently served as principal at Bangor High School, a position he had held for the past three years. Before that, he spent 13 years at Pocono Mountain East, four of which were as an assistant principal.In other business, the board:• Approved the following substitute teachers for the 2011-12 school year at the 2011-12 substitute teacher rates as approved on the supplementary personnel salary schedule: Ralph Andrews, elementary; Thomas Battista, health & physical education; Katryn Bonilla, music and reading specialist; Janet Brostedt, elementary; Jacob Bushner, technology education; Timothy Chappelear, elementary; Lisa Cox, English and special education; Michele Custer, elementary, Andrew Drake, social studies; Amberly Drey, elementary; Kenneth Eck, Jr., earth and space science; Meredith Foster, elementary; Mary Frank, art K-12; Amanda Frey, elementary; and Amberly Gable, English.Also approved were Peggy Gallagher, elementary; Ricky Guth, all subjects; William Hughes, social studies and special education; Nathan Hunsicker, elementary; Steven Jonkman, music; Dawn Kemery, elementary; Katherine Kern, elementary; Amber Kistler, elementary; Kristy Kratzer, elementary and special education; Ashley Krutsick, elementary and middle level math; Amber Kuntz, elementary and special education; Debra Lakatosh, Spanish and French; Samantha Lilly, elementary and special education; Donna Lobach-Berger, elementary; Deborah Magnotta, elementary and reading specialist; Ryan Mayberry, elementary; Andrea Meyers, chemistry; Robert Naugle, math; Joseph Nester, special education and social studies; Nancy Ord, elementary; Kaitlin Parliman, general science; Amanda Radishofski, elementary and special education; Jade Rauch, elementary; Stephen Reimert, social studies; Linda Sarver, art; Tonia Schaeffer, elementary; Monique Seiler, elementary and middle level English; Jordan Smith, health and physical education; Samantha Sontag, elementary; Virginia Stevenson, music, Laura Tatusko, English; Anthony Tulio, elementary; Kyle Turner, elementary; Nina Weiss, elementary; and Jane Wessner, elementary.Approval for Chappelear, Radishofski, Rauch, and Wessner is contingent on pending verification of missing documents.• Approved the following individuals as substitute secretaries/aides for the 2011-12 school year at the 2011-12 substitute rate as approved on the supplementary personnel salary schedule: Claire Denko, Diana Detweiler, Nicole Evans, Judy Hoffman, Lisa Lamon, Dawn Martinez, Maureen McCullion, Melanie Mohr, Carol Scott, Christine Sigley, Catherine Smith, Carol Snyder, Sheila Steier, Kathleen Troxell, Janice Wasilkowski and Tina Williams.The board also approved the following individuals as substitute cafeteria workers for the 2011-12 school year at the 2011-12 substitute rate as approved on the supplementary personnel salary schedule: Gail Bauer, Detweiler, Theresa Hall, Hoffman, Lilly Horwith, Martinez, McCullion, Melanie Mohr, Scott, Sigley, Snyder, Steier, Troxell, Sarah Unger and Wasilkowski.• Approved the following individuals as substitute custodians for the 2011-12 school year at the 2011-12 substitute rate as approved on the supplementary personnel salary schedule: Kimberly Antolick, Bauer, Sandra Diehl, Travis Diehl, Hall, Jeffrey Mann, Mayberry, Randy Muniz, Jody Remaley, Richard Sensinger, and Snyder.• Approved the following list of people as game workers for the 2011-12 school year. Game workers consist of ticket sellers and takers, game announcers, scoreboard operators, timers, field judges and scorekeepers. The rate of pay is consistent with the rates approved on the 2011-12 supplementary personnel salary schedule: Dan Blazosky, Terry Bowman, Linda Brown, Jennifer Butz, Frank Carazo, Elizabeth Case, Eric DeAntonis, John DeFrain, Scott DeLong, Renee Evans, Alden Farber, Kelly Follweiler, Rhonda Frantz, Jessica Frew, Deb Frohnheiser, Marshelle George, Scott Gerould, Shawn Green, Stephen Haas, Chad Henritzy, Barry Herman, Bobby Herzog, Steve Hluschak, Mike Hoffman, Dick Jones, Patricia Jones, Greg King, Mark Lavine, Mike Lehtonen, Andrew Lynn, Steve Martinez, Larry Meixsell, Mike Mengel, Thomas Mertus, Sherri Molitoris, Jim Nonnemaker, Kathy Nowlin, Dave Oertner, Erv Prutzman, Michelle Raber, Kathleen Reese, Dennis Rehrig, Nancy Rehrig, Nicholas Sander, Eric Schmidt, Paula Seiler, Dick Snell, Michael Strohl, Robert Sutjak, Joe Tout, Jim Yadush and Amy Zeiser.