Northern Lehigh School Board recently approved the following personnel and financial matters:

Northern Lehigh School Board recently approved the following personnel matters:

• Adrienne Jackson, human resources generalist, $50,000 salary (prorated), effective Nov. 15.

• Retirement of Kay O’Donnel, custodian, effective Feb. 17, after seven years of service to the district.

• Retirement of Shawn Green, game worker and National Reading Olympics, effective Oct. 13.

• Tara Williams, cafeteria/hall monitor at Slatington Elementary School, $13.87 an hour, effective Nov. 8.

• Cole Hankee and John Kline, substitute custodians, 2021-2022 school year, 2021-2022 substitute rates.

• Tara Williams, substitute paraprofessional, Slatington Elementary School, 2021-2022 school year, 2021-2022 substitute rate.

• Angela Everett, elementary, Peters Elementary; Kristina Stopper, guest teacher, Caitlyn Stout, guest teacher, 2021-2022 school year, 2021-2022 substitute teacher rates.

• The purchase of the Barracuda Backup Server Unlimited Cloud Storage subscription, $8,664, to be funded through the Technology Department budget.

• The two-year contract for AED inspection through School Health, $9,709, to be funded through a grant and Buildings and Grounds budget.

• The NRG Tridium Software service agreement for the HVAC system upgrade, $4,900, to be funded through the Buildings and Grounds budget.

• The SafeTransport hardware upgrade, $9,900, to be funded through a grant.

• The new Verizon cellphone agreement for upgrade of the maintenance cellphones, to be funded through the Buildings and Grounds budget.

- Terry Ahner