Lehighton Area School District's superintendent will receive a salary increase in the 2015-16 school year.

On a unanimous measure, the school board on Monday approved a $3,000 raise for Superintendent Jonathan J. Cleaver. He will earn $129,000 in the 2015-16 school year.By comparison, Jim Thorpe's new superintendent, Brian Gasper, will be paid $110,000 a year; Panther Valley's new superintendent, Dennis Kergick Sr., will earn $97,000 a year; and Palmerton Superintendent Scot Engler started at $111,000 in 2013 and will receive 1.5 percent to 2 percent increases over his three-year contract.Under public comment, resident David Bradley questioned why the superintendent's raise in salary was missing from the meeting agenda.Bradley argued that the addendum was added to the meeting, but not openly shared.Board President Gloria Bowman said the proposal that the board voted on was done last June. At that time, the board extended Cleaver's contract for one year, but never set the salary.Bowman said Cleaver has a three-year contract. The board hired Cleaver as superintendent in June 2012. He earned $120,000 in the 2012-13 school year, $123,000 in 2013-14, and is scheduled to earn $126,000 in 2014-15.A former teacher, assistant principal and principal, Cleaver had served the district as coordinator of curriculum, instruction and grants for two years prior to being named superintendent.Also on Monday, the board agreed to hire Sarah Fink as a long-term substitute Title I Math teacher, first semester of the 2014-15 school year, at Step 2B, $39,443; and Wanda Rousenberger as a school psychologist, Step 10M +45, $52,286, with a starting date to be determined.In other business, the board:• Accepted the resignation of professional employee Trevor Gilotti, effective immediately. Bowman thanked Gilotti for his service to the district. He has accepted a teaching position in Salt Lake City.• Accepted the resignation of Linda Steigerwalt as the Title I Reading Paraprofessional for the 2014 summer reading camp.• Hired Christina Brong as Title I Reading Camp Paraprofessional, Shull David Elementary, to be paid from out of the 2013-14 Title I funds, from 8 a.m. to noon, July 28-Aug. 8, at an hourly rate of $12.36.• Hired Melissa Bierman, Sandra Hedmeck, Marla Lawson and Nancy Nagy-Rotandar as part-time cleaners at $7.47 per hour, effective Aug. 25.• Hired the following mentors for the following teachers: Jennifer Lopata/Erica Pagotto, Amanda Rex/Angela Tobash; and Vicky Meyer/Wanda Rousenberger, for the 2014-15 school year.• Authorized Cleaver to hire individuals needed to be fully staffed for the opening of the 2014-15 school year.• Granted permission to Sean LeDonne and Craig Reichl to attend the Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators 2014 Fall Workshop, Issues of Interest to Newly Appointed Pupil Services Administrators, on Dec. 8 in Lansdale, at a cost not to exceed $380, to be paid through the district's curriculum budget.• Approved a sick bank to be established for an employee by the support association members.• Acknowledged FMLA leaves for an employee not to exceed 12 weeks, effective Aug. 25.• Appointed directors Rocky Ahner and Bowman as voting delegates to participate in the PSBA Legislative Policy Council meeting to be held Oct. 21 during the School Leadership Conference in Hershey.