Palmerton Area School District has received a donation in memory of a beloved Towamensing Elementary teacher.

The school board on Tuesday accepted $10,000 from the Raising The House group for the Blaine R. House scholarship fund.Kelli Costenbader, Jill Kuzo and Gretchen Laviolette of the Blaine R. House Memorial Fund committee, presented the board with the donation.The donation is the result of various fundraisers the group held in honor of House, a popular fifth-grade teacher at Towamensing Elementary who passed away suddenly on May 7, 2013.Last month, the group presented the board with $1,500 for playground equipment for Towamensing Elementary School in memory of House.Since then, a group of parents and members of the Towamensing PTO formed a Blaine R. House Memorial Fund committee.In other business, the board:Approved the 2014-15 Facilities Plan Committee Report that was adopted by the CLIU Facilities Plan Committee on Feb. 25.In addition, the board reaffirms its commitment to the original construct of the facilities planning, approved Nov. 1, 1989, which consists of a series of prioritized inquiries to be considered in determining future locations of the CLIU and school district special education classes.Approved Gorman & Associates P.C. for audit services for the 2013-14 school year at the following rates: Audit fees, $21,100; single audit fee (if required), $2,550; AFR fee, $875; hourly rate for additional services as needed, $72.Approved UGI Energy Services LLC to supply natural gas from July 2014 through June 2016.Approved the contract with A-1 Limousine Inc. for bus transportation for the Environmental Club's field trip to New York on May 29.Approved the contract with Blue Mountain Ski Area for the Junior High Academic Awards Banquet on June 2.Approved the updated agreement with PenTeleData for transport and Internet access, effective to June 30, 2017.Approved the following tax collector bond amounts for 2014 as set by Carbon County: Bowmanstown, $257,335; Lower Towamensing, $1,224,239; Palmerton Borough, $1,636,582; and Towamensing, $2,182,740.Approved Troy Rocco, substitute grounds/maintenance, as a day-to-day substitute support staff.Approved the Environmental Club field trip to the Bronx Zoo in New York City on May 29, to be chaperoned by David Kellerman and parents, at a cost to the district of one substitute teacher.