All signs indicate Northern Lehigh School District is set to realize a considerable savings in the 2012-13 school year.

Much to its liking, the school board learned on Monday of several areas in which the district is expected to save money.Scot Engler, director of special education, told the board 15 outplaced students have been brought back to the district, which will result in about a $300,000 savings.Engler added "We will be educating our own kids, which is very important."Superintendent Michael Michaels announced that the district will have a transient nurse who will be moved from Slatington Elementary to Peters Elementary.Michaels said the move is necessitated by the fact that there are "more health-needy" students at Peters Elementary.Greg Derr, director of support services and transportation, told the board the district has been able to eliminate two bus runs, which will result in a savings of about $75,000.Afterward, Director Mathias Green said he was pleased with the information shared by both Engler and Derr."I'm impressed; I think they did one heck of a job," Green said. "Thank you all very much; those are some great numbers I'm hearing."Board President Edward Hartman echoed that sentiment when he added "I think Mr. Green speaks for the whole board."Also on Monday, Derr announced that a rededication ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Slatington Elementary.The district embarked on a $21.4 million renovation project at the school aimed to ensure the safety and security of the building; improve the education of students; reunite the district's administrative team; and upgrade the infrastructureThe new, 110,000-square-foot building contains 24 classrooms, three computer labs, cafeteria space to seat 225 people, and an expanded gymnasium to seat 675 people.In other business, the board:- Appointed Ellen Kiss as the Administrative Detension Supervisor in the senior high school. She will work Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. throughout the 2012-13 school year that warrants detention coverage. Salary will be $20 per hour worked.- Appointed Debra Knerr and Dawn Tulio as Administrative Detention Supervisors in the middle school. Knerr will cover the Monday detentions from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m., and Tulio will cover the Wednesday detentions from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m. They will work throughout the 2012-13 school year on Mondays and Wednesdays that warrant detention coverage. Their salary will be $20 per hour worked.- Appointed Patricia Eby-Manescu as the Secondary Saturday Detention Monitor for the middle school and senior high school for the 2012-13 school year, working 3 hours every Saturday that warrants detention coverage. The salary will be $20 per hour worked.- Appointed Angela Shoemaker as Substitute Secondary Detention Monitor for the senior high school for the 2012-13 school year. Work will be on an as-needed basis, and compensation will be at a salary of $20 per hour worked.- Appointed Michael Strohl as the Substitute Secondary Saturday Detention Monitor for the middle school and senior high school for the 2012-13 school year, working as a substitute for three hours every Saturday that warrants substitute detention coverage. The salary will be $20 per hour worked.- Approved "professional employee" status as per the school code for teachers Susan Bachman, Christopher Bennett, Everly Kesack and Derek Long, who have satisfactorily completed three years of service to the district.- Approved Shana Agurek, Elementary; Kaitlyn Andrews, Elementary; Jennifer Balliet, Elementary; Thomas Battista, Health & Physical Education; Joseph Bigley, Elementary; Kathryn Bonilla, Music and Reading Specialist; Janet Brostedt, Elementary; Lisa Cox, English, Special Education, Library & Art; Kelly DeAntonis, Elementary & Library Science; Christine DeLong, Elementary & Special Education; Amberly Drey, Elementary; Amanda Fenstermaker, Special Education; Katie Fluke, Elementary; Meredith Foster, Elementary, ESL, Middle Level English & Social Studies; Mary Frank, Art K-12, & ESL; Cynthia Fritzinger, Elementary; Ricky Guth, All subjects; Robin Hersh, Early Childhood Education; Nathan Hunsicker, Elementary, Middle School Math; Steven Jonkman, Music; Dawn Kemery, Elementary; Elizabeth Kenawell, Elementary; Katherine Kern, Elementary; Lori King, Elementary; Amber Kistler, Elementary; Michelle Krill, Elementary; Ashley Krutsick, Elementary & Middle Level Math; Debra Lakatosh, Spanish & French; Samantha Lilly, Elementary & Special Education; Donna Lobach-Berger, Elementary; Heather MacCorkle Edick, English; Deborah Magnotta, Elementary & Reading Specialist; Andrea Meyers, Chemistry; Trevor Miller, Business-Computer Information Technology; Robert Naugle, Math; Christine Nemeh, Elementary & ESL; Joseph Nester, Special Education & Social Studies; Jordan Nichols, Elementary & ESL; Theresa Oliveira, Elementary; Patricia Passick, Art K-12; Kayla Perkowski, Elementary & Special Education; Csala Peters, Elementary & Special Education; Justin Quinter, English; Amanda Radishofski, Elementary & Special Education; Stephen Reimert, Social Studies; Linda Sarver, Art; Monique Seiler, Elementary & Middle Level English; Courtney Seremula, Elementary & Special Education; Linda Simao, Elementary; Jordan Smith, Health & Physical Education; Jo Leigh Sponsler, Music & Special Education; Virginia Stevenson, Special Education, English, Social Studies, Middle Level Math; Felicia Strauch, Elementary; Gerald Strubinger, Social Studies; Philip Strubinger, History & Citizenship; Anthony Tulio, Elementary; Nina Weiss, Elementary; and Jane Wessner, Elementary, as substitute teachers for the 2012-13 school year at the 2012-13 substitute teacher rates as approved on the Supplementary Personnel Salary Schedule. The appointments of Agurek, Balliet, DeAntonis, Fenstermaker, Fluke, Kenawell, Miller, Nemeh, Nichols, Simao, Strauch, and Philip Strubinger, are pending verification of missing documents.- Approved Elaine Bilous; Claire Danko; Diana Detweiler; Judy Hoffman; Jamie Kuhns; Lisa Lamon; Dawn Martinez; Maureen McCullion; Michele Miller; Melanie Mohr; Lorraine Muth; Carol Scott; Christine Sigley; Catherine Smith; Carol Snyder; Kathleen Troxell; Janice Wasilkowski; and Tina Williams as substitute secretaries/aides for the 2012-13 school year at the 2012-13 substitute rate as approved on the Supplementary Personnel Salary Schedule.- Approved Gail Bauer; Bilous; Detweiler; Schelene Fritzinger; Rosa George; Hoffman; Lilly Horwith; Martinez; McCullion; Muth; Scott; Sigley; Snyder; Troxell; Wasilkowski; and Robert Wetzel as substitute cafeteria workers for the 2012-13 school year at the 2012-13 substitute rate as approved on the Supplementary Personnel Salary Schedule.- Approved Steven Andrews; Bauer; Theresa Hall; Randy Muniz; Snyder; Wasilkowski; and Wetzel as substitute custodians for the 2012-13 school year at the 2012-13 substitute rate as approved on the Supplementary Personnel Salary Schedule.