Several Pleasant Valley High School teachers and one intermediate school teacher have decided to retire as the school year comes to a close.

The teachers at the high school are Keith Haverstock, Philomena Reduzzi, Drew Dangler, Karl Rentzheimer, Alysia Sabatine-Phillips and James Percey. At the intermediate school, Nadine Snyder is retiring.

The school district is faced with furloughing up to 40 teachers and administration in order to reduce the district’s $8.1 million deficit.

In addition to retirements, there were some resignations in May: Nancy Ryan, a teacher at the elementary school; Marta Mendez, a substitute food service employee, and Jacquelyn Dumas, a custodian.

Also in May, several people were hired or had some change to their assignment, and the summer school staff were named. The most notable hiring was that of a new business manager Michael Simonetta at $145,000 per year. His most recent position was as chief financial officer for the Easton Area School District. He will be replacing Susan Famularo, and will begin in July for a term of three years ending on June 30, 2024.

Other changes

• Addition to current assignment: Elizabeth Morgan, substitute custodian, $10.38 per hour.

• Change to current assignment: Lisa Dixon, part-time at PVHS paraprofessional associate to full-time at PVES, $29,472 (prorated), replaced Dawn Wilson.

• Extension of current assignment: Stephanie Gursky replaced Nancy Ryan for the remainder of the school year.

• College students as professional staff day-to-day substitutes: Zoe Attinello and Amber Brown, East Stroudsburg University, $110 per day.

• PV Cub Summer Academy staff, teachers at $92 per day: April Evans, Kristen Gschwend, Ashley Gutzeit, Kathleen Krall, Patrick Luchowski, Stacy Meckes, Brooke Moatz, Rosemarie Mollica, Caroline Paolella, Seana Parcha, Christine Preston, Amanda Ruch, Heather Smeraldo and Shannon Steckel; paraprofessionals at $72 per day: Carlene Altemose, Robin Bank, Robin Baumgartner, Sandy Bojko, Bonnie Drinkwater, Annamarie Fedorchak, Anna Manwiller, Karina Martin, Erelene McCormick, Christine Skvasik, Mary Smith, Carol Priebe, and Amanda Mogitz and Sharon Rogerson (both also as a substitute teachers at $92 per day).

• Summer computer technicians: Patrick Soares and Gavin Winders, $11.47 per hour.

• Summer maintenance technicians: Kevin Johnson, Ryan Keller, Kaitlyn Lampke, Michael Meyers, Colden Rother, $10.38 per hour.

• Supplemental contracts for Summer School: Danielle Brandes, English; Talitha Graham, Science & Math; Lisa Kandl, Special Education; James Ward, History.

• Support staff: Maria Gonzalez and Kristen Neglia, food service employees at PVIS, $12.20 per hour, replaced Hanan Desantis and Laura Duncan.

• Support staff substitutes: Maria Gonzalez and Jonathan Lopez, custodians, $10.38 per hour; Marta Mendez, food service employee, $10.14 per hour; Francesca Zielkowski, paraprofessional associate, $82.50 per day.

• Long-term substitute support staff: Katia Lopez, custodian, PVES, $17.84 per hour.

• Professional staff substitutes: Bethany Taggart, $110 per day.

• Intramural advisers: PVHS and PVMS girls soccer, Tara Hyland; cheerleading, Dawn Hahn and Megan Dahlstrom; girls basketball, Dan Muir; boys soccer, Adam Bastidas.

• Recall from layoffs of paraprofessional associates (part-time): Bonnie Drinkwater, PVIS, replaced Nancy Heckman; and Valerie Kaye, PVHS, replaced Lisa Dixon.

• Supplemental contracts, athletic non-coaching: Holli Capricuso, Register, boys and girls lacrosse, varsity scoreboard operator and girls lacrosse junior varsity scoreboard operator; Dan Beck, Augie Kresge, and Chris Curtis, fall event managers; Karl Rentzheimer, event supervisor.

• Tenure: Michele Lamboy.