The Weatherly Area School Board learned at their April 6 meeting that Business Manager and WASB Board Secretary Dominic (Nick) Bellucci Jr. will be moving on to a new business manager position closer to his home. His last day of employment at Weatherly Area will be May 20.

Bellucci has been hired at the Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center in the city of Reading. He starts the work on May 23. The RMCTC serves over 1,200 students, and has a budget of over $11.3 million.

“I totally enjoyed my stay here,” Bellucci shared in a telephone interview. “The staff and board (here) are phenomenal” and he enjoyed many good relationships. He explained that he had an hour and 10 minute commute from his home to Weatherly. The drive to his new job will be a third of that.

Bellucci was hired by the Weatherly school board in June 2021.

The district is advertising the position.

Superintendent Daniel Malloy recommended and the board approved the agreement between the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21 and the Weatherly Area School District for Special Education Services during the 2022-2023 school year. The board approved the second reading of revised policies for finances - Purchases Subject to Bid/Quotation, Purchases Budgeted, and an Updated Procurement Procedure regarding Federal Programs.

The superintendent recommended approving agreements between WASB and Thomas J. Major as full-time school police officer, and William Bartel as part-time school police officer from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, the same officers as this school year. Bartel is also the coach of the high school girls softball and girls soccer teams. This was done unanimously, as was approval of the dual enrollment agreement between the district and Lehigh Carbon Community College from Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2025, and the Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit’s facilities plan for 2022-2023.

Business Manager Bellucci recommended the board approve the contract for The Nutrition Group for the next school year. It projects a loss of $5,049 with lunch and breakfast prices staying the same. It was explained that the loss would be made up on per-item sales. He also recommended the board approve The Nutrition Group’s budget for the 2022-2023 school year. The board approved these unanimously as well.

In other business, the district administration was praised by auditor Ed Ebling of Jones & Company, who presented the 2021 audit at the April 6 meeting. He said the district’s numbers were excellent.

The Athletic Committee is still waiting to hear back from Quad3 engineers for their recommendations on the water collection issues on and around the fields west of the el. It was reported at the April 13 meeting that ducks were swimming in a pool that formed on the soccer field this week.

The Transportation and Property Committee reports that paving contractor Umbriac will return late this month to complete their work, including fixing seams in the new paving that cracked over the winter.