Palmerton Area School District is in the market for a new business manager.

That comes after the school board, on an 8-0 vote on Tuesday, approved the resignation of business manager Diane Serfass, effective on or before Dec. 8. Director Susan Debski was absent.Afterward, board President Tammy Recker told Serfass she will be missed."We are very sad to see you go," Recker said.Serfass resigned from the post because she has accepted a position as business manager at the Monroe Career & Technical Institute in Bartonsville.After the meeting, Serfass said her decision to leave the district was "bittersweet.""It's been a great experience working here," Serfass said. "They've been a great administrative staff, the board has been great. I'm hopeful I made an impact."Superintendent Scot Engler said the business manager position has been posted and the district will accept applications until the position is filled.Serfass took over as business manager in May 2012. Before that, Donna Les had served as the district's financial consultant after initially being hired as part-time interim acting business manager in January 2011.In other business, the board:• Accepted the resignation of David Lavin as high school social studies teacher, effective on or before Nov. 7.• Approved Nicole Swartz as a part-time custodian at Towamensing Elementary School for five hours a day at the rate of $11.98 an hour, effective Sept. 17.• Removed substitute teachers Tina Martin and Megan Groh from the substitute list as per their requests.• Approved Ashley Andrews, Linda Vella, Kacey Galasso, Alexis Lloyd, Kasi Reborchick, Brian Stevko, Heather Mostosky, Melissa Dowches and Michelle Lawrence as substitute teachers, effective Sept. 17.• Approved Future Business Leaders of America officers, chaperoned by Jen Danzeisen, to attend the Penn State Leadership Workshop on Nov. 2-3 at State College, at the cost to the district of a substitute for two days.• Approved a contract of agreement with Disk Jockey Kings (Joshua Solarczyk or David Semmel) for DJ services for school dances, sponsored by the National Junior Honor Society Activity Club for the 2014-15 school year as indicated.• Elected Charles Ballard as president-elect, Mark Miller as vice president, Otto Voit III as treasurer and Robert Schwartz as at-large representative as officers for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. All of the votes were approved 8-0, with the exception of Ballard, which passed on a 7-1 vote, with Director Darlene Yeakel opposed.