Four highly respected employees of the Northern Lehigh School District were acknowledged at this month’s school board meeting for their service to the district.

Todd Herzog

Herzog was hired full time in June 1991 as an elementary teacher at Slatington Elementary School. He served the district in 1990-91 as a temporary vacancy replacement teacher, transferred to the middle school in 2009 as a social studies teacher, transferred back to Slatington Elementary 2012 as a sixth grade teacher, and in 2014, back to middle school as social studies teacher.

Herzog was the Northern Lehigh head wrestling coach from 1998-2013, received the Colonial League Coach of Year four times, District 11 Coach of Year Award five times, and recently was inducted into the Pennsylvania Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

Herzog will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year after 32 years of service to the district.

Larry Meixsell

Meixsell was hired full time in July 1991 as a junior high school science teacher, and served as a temporary vacancy teacher for 1990-1991 school year.

Additionally, he served as an assistant baseball coach, assistant track coach, game worker and a department chairman.

“To see two such experienced teachers at Northern Lehigh Middle School retire within the same year, we’re losing a lot of institutional knowledge there, a lot of experience, and a lot of time and effort dedicated to just decades worth of children,” said Superintendent Matthew J. Link.

Meixsell will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year after 33 years of service.

Meixsell said he went to Northern Lehigh School District, and has spent his life here.

“I’m proud of what I’ve done,” Meixsell said.

Sheryl Hegedus

Hegedus was hired full-time in August of 2006 as a Title I reading teacher serving at Peters Elementary, and served 2005-06 as a temporary vacancy replacement teacher.

Hegedus will be retiring at the end of the 2022-2023 school year after 18 years of service.

James Yadush

Yadush was hired full-time in 1991 as a junior high school social studies teacher.

Yadush also served as a head softball coach, assistant softball coach, game worker, and as a content area/department leader for the district.

Yadush will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year after 32 years of service.

“Larry, Todd and I all started the same day, and I knew Larry and Todd before I started here,” Yadush said. “I didn’t go to Northern Lehigh, but I quickly became a Bulldog.”