Northern Lehigh School District Superintendent Dr. Matthew J. Link said at Monday’s school board meeting that the district plans to start doing something a little different this year.

“This year during monthly board meetings, administration will report on either district annual goals, or data related to academic performance and growth on local and state assessments,” Link said.

Link gave an update on the district operations annual goal, which he said covers the 2022-2023 school year and the current school year.

He said the last time the board approved district annual goals, it did a three-year span, as some goals are three years, and some are two years.

“This overall goal is the Northern Lehigh School District will continue to provide the highest quality teaching and learning environment and services in safe, healthy and secure environment in the most cost efficient manner,” he said.

Link said that for the 2022-2023 school year, the goal was to have met all training requirements as required by Act 55 that has to do with safety and security.

“We met this goal, however the state still continues to release updated training offerings, which we will continue to monitor and implement those as required,” he said.

Additionally, Link said the goal established that the district would complete the tri-annual vulnerability assessment, which it also successfully completed.

“By the end of the current school year, the goal was established that the district will increase district police department coverage for all district building and property,” he said. “We have met this goal ahead of schedule by the addition of a fourth school police officer.”

Link then discussed the final aspect of this particular goal.

“The last part of this goal indicated by the end of the 2023-2024 school year all district buildings will have transitioned to solar energy,” he said. “We will not meet this part of the goal, and solar is no longer being investigated by administration.”