A pair of workshops will be held for students and their parents in the Northern Lehigh School District to familiarize themselves with a new collection of books.

Assistant Superintendent Karen Nicholas told the school board on Monday about the workshops that will be held on how to use e-books.Nicholas said the workshops will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16 and 18 at Slatington Elementary School.She said the purpose of the program is to promote collaboration between parents and the district."The district has recently beefed up on e-books, and now has over 7,000 e-books," Nicholas said. "It's for parents to sit down and learn how to use this e-book system."Also on Monday, Nicholas thanked Lehigh Carbon Community College for furniture the district recently received.Nicholas said LCCC recently had a furniture giveaway and offered furniture to school districts, such as tables, chairs, teacher desks, teacher chairs, and filing cabinets for classrooms."We brought back enough furniture to replace what we've had in our classrooms for many, many years," she said. "We want to say thank you to LCCC for how appreciative we are of that furniture; our teachers and students are using it very well."In other business, the board:• Approved the district goals for the 2014-15 school year.• Authorized proper officials to enter into an agreement for three district special education students to attend Palmerton Area School District in accordance with the promises and covenants contained in the agreement, which is effective Aug. 25 through June 10, 2015.• Authorized proper officials to enter into an agreement for one Northwestern Lehigh School District special education student to attend the district in accordance with the promises and covenants contained in the agreement, which is effective Aug. 25 through June 30, 2015.• Authorized proper officials to execute an affiliation agreement between the district and East Stroudsburg University for a teacher preparation program, which allows students at East Stroudsburg University to student teach in the district to complete their practicum hours needed for graduation. This agreement will commence on July 1 and end on June 30, 2019.• Designated Paul Leonzi, Peters Elementary School principal; Scott Pyne, Slatington elementary school principal; Jill Chamberlain, middle school principal; Robert Vlasaty, high school principal; and Tanya Simms, high school assistant principal, to sign summary offense notices for the 2014-15 school year.• Elected Charles Ballard as president-elect; Mark Miller as vice president; Otto Voit III, as treasurer; and Michael Faccinetto as at-large representative as officers for the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, effective Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015. All of the votes were unanimous, with the exception of Ballard, which passed on a 7-2 vote, with directors Raymond Follweiler and Robert Keegan Jr. opposed.The board approved the following policies:• 102, programs, academic standards, as presented after second reading.• 105, programs, curriculum, as presented after second reading.• 217, pupils, graduation, as presented after second reading.• 319, administrative employees, outside activities, as presented after first reading.• 419, professional employees, outside activities, as presented after first reading.• 519, nonprofessional employees, outside activities, as presented after first reading.