A request for proposals to replace the field turf of Al Erdosy Stadium, Northampton, has been authorized.

Northampton Area School District Board of Education voted 8-0 at its Sept. 8 meeting, as recommended by the NASD administration, to approve CHA Consulting Inc., the NASD consulting engineering firm, to design and solicit pricing for the stadium turf field replacement, running track restriping and annual service. Also approved was adding, as an alternate bid, pricing to install a semipermanent lacrosse ball safety net system.

The Erdosy Stadium turf replacement, discussed at the Aug. 18 school board facilities committee meeting, is estimated to cost from $779,750 to $1 million. Recommended is a 15-foot safety fencing for lacrosse games.

In other business at the Sept. 8 school board meeting, directors voted 8-0 to approve:

• Amendment to an agreement for engineering services for the East Allen Elementary School project, Route 329 and Seemsville Road, whereby the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant will be resubmitted for the Route 329 project for a potential $4 million RACAP grant

• List of community education classes and instructors with stipends for the fall session of the 2025-26 school year, including Aqua Zumba with Tara Miller, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays Sept. 15-Oct. 13 in the Northampton Area Middle School natatorium; water aerobics with Susan Roberts, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Sept. 23 to Nov. 4 (no class Oct. 16) in the NAMS natatorium; Dance It Out class with Jennifer Stoudt, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays Oct. 1-29 in the Siegfried Elementary School multipurpose room; line dancing with Brian McNeal, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays Oct. 7-28 in the Siegfried Elementary gymnasium; Stixercise with Michelle Heisler, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays Nov. 4-25 in the Siegfried multipurpose room; and arts and crafts nights with Pamela Gross, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 19 (wooden reindeer) and Dec. 10 (tree wreath) in the Siegfried multipurpose room. Participants do not need to be NASD residents but must be at least 15 years old. To register, visit nasdschools.org under the Community tab. If you have questions, contact program coordinator Michelle Heisler at heislerm@nasdschools.org or 484-661-6662.

• Memorandum of agreement for services between Valley Youth House and NASD, from July 1 to Dec. 31, to provide additional counseling services at NAMS and Moore, George Wolf, Lehigh and Northampton Borough elementary schools. There is no cost to NASD. The Bounce Back program is paid through a grant Valley Youth House secured through a partnership with Northampton County.

• One-year contract with Eastern Telephone and Telecommunication Inc., Bethlehem, July 1-June 30, 2026, at $15,888 per year to service, maintain and apply software updates to the NASD phone systems. The price increase is because of software updates.

• Instructional resource pilots of SchoolAI (K-12) and ONPAR Science Assessment System (grades 6-8) at $5,300, included in the board-approved 2025-26 curriculum department budget

• Purchase of VapeEducate online course, at $3,000, to be paid through Title IV funding

• Appointments for Megan Coccetti, full-year, long-term substitute school nurse at NAMS, retroactively effective Sept. 2, at $63,655, with benefits; Stephen Milkovits, 10-month police officer at NAMS, effective Dec. 9, at $53,716 annually, prorated, with benefits; Dawn Gutkowski, security guard at Northampton Area High School, effective Sept. 22, at $25.15 per hour, with benefits when entitled; Gretchen Troxell, head unified bocce coach, retroactively effective Aug. 18, at $5,064; Christina Scott, ESL teacher at Siegfried, effective on or before Nov. 10, at $100,487, prorated, with benefits; Nicole Barthol, long-term substitute special education teacher at Lehigh Elementary, retroactively effective Aug. 18-March 4, 2026, at $63,655, prorated, with ESPA benefits; Kelly Swinger, one-on-one special education instructional assistant at NAHS, retroactively effective Aug. 22, at $21.38 per hour, with benefits; Jaylyn Snyder, one-on-one special education instructional assistant at Siegfried, as of Sept. 22, at $21.38 per hour, with benefits; Amanda Snyder, long-term substitute special education instructional assistant at Lehigh, retroactively effective Aug. 18-March 4, 2026, at $21.38 per hour, with benefits; Renee Vaughn, special education instructional assistant at George Wolf, effective Sept. 22, at $21.38 per hour, with benefits; Paryss Marshall, study hall instructional assistant at NAHS, retroactively effective Aug. 18, at $21.38 per hour, with benefits; Nicole Melendez, cafeteria monitor at Franklin Elementary, as of Sept. 22, at $20.63 per hour, with benefits; Allison Rosene, cafeteria monitor at Siegfried, retroactively effective Aug. 26, at $20.63 per hour, with benefits; and Lorena Garcia, second-shift custodian, Tuesdays-Saturdays, at Moore, effective Sept. 22, at $30.27 per hour, with benefits

• Half-year professional development sabbatical for Zachary Winter for the second semester of the 2025-26 school year

• Resignations for retirement for Jerry Batcha, social studies teacher at NAHS, effective the last school day of the 2025-26 school year; William Gillespie, social studies teacher at NAHS, effective the last school day of the 2025-26 school year; and Ann Harrington, mathematics teacher at NAHS, effective Feb. 17, 2026

• Resignations of Adam Mazarul, one-on-one instructional assistant at NAHS, effective Aug. 17, and Samar Sankari, cafeteria monitor at Siegfried, effective Aug. 5

NASD Board of Education will next meet 5:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the auditorium at NAHS, 1619 Laubach Ave., Northampton, for Region 3 school board representative interviews and appointment.

The school board will be holding its next regular meeting 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the auditorium at NAHS.