Northern Lehigh School District continues to plug away at its comprehensive plan.

Assistant Superintendent Karen Nicholas updated the school board on the status of the plan on Monday.Nicholas said the district is currently in phase 3 of the plan, and added that its responsibility is to complete the plan and have it submitted by November.The comprehensive plan replaces the strategic plan, said Nicholas, who added that the district has worked on the comprehensive plan for the last few months.Nicholas said she attended a meeting last week at the IU, at which she time she learned of some changes."Individual school buildings do not have to complete those portions of the comprehensive plan unless the school buildings are under improvement," Nicholas said. "We will be developing overarching goals for the district, and the building principals and teachers will be involved in developing those goals."In other business, the board accepted the resignation of Eric Schmidt from his position as librarian at the senior high school, effective Aug. 31. Schmidt has accepted a position at another school district.Krystle-Dawn Tiedeman, temporary professional employee, was appointed as senior high school library science teacher, replacing Schmidt, at a salary of $54,050.The board accepted the retirement resignation of Julianna Christman from her position as custodian at Slatington Elementary School, effective the end of the work day Aug. 18.The following changes were approved:• Christina Carmody, from second-grade teacher at Peters Elementary to fourth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary.• Melissa Coppolecchia from fourth-grade to sixth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary.• Jessica Gold from fourth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary to high school English teacher.• Todd Herzog from sixth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary to middle school social studies teacher.• Amber Kuntz from fourth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary to Special Education Learning Support, K-2, for the 2014-15 school year.• Dawn Mayer from kindergarten teacher to fifth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary.• Lauri McWilliams from first-grade teacher at Peters Elementary to fourth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary.• Lori Middaugh, from fifth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary to fourth-grade teacher at Slatington Elementary.• Gina Orr from high school math teacher to middle school math teacher.• Kate Pluchinsky, temporary professional employee, to senior high school emotional support teacher.• Katherine Kern, temporary vacancy replacement, to Slatington Elementary third grade teacher.• Andrea Sicora, as learning support special education aide at the senior high school.• Charles George as second shift custodian position.• 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 2014-15 school year on Mondays and Wednesdays that warrant detention coverage, with their salary to be $20 per hour worked.• Professional employee status to Jessica Gold, Kara Richardson and Michael Strohl, who have satisfactorily completed three years of service to the district.