Reorganization, Student achievement, taxes

NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH SCHOOL BOARD DEC. 7 MEETING

 

 

The Northwestern Lehigh school board stayed with the present President, Willard Dellicker and Vice President, Paul Fisher for the 2017 term. No other changes of board duties were decided at this meeting.

 

There was a presentation on Student achievement, it showed  a positive increase in achievement in the middle school and high school. This information can be viewed by clicking on the link for the school at the right of this page and clicking on Board Docs and then on the Dec. 7 meeting, then agenda, and then on student achievement.

 

Mr. Fisher suggested that the board consider preserving all videos and audio recordings of meetings. He also asked that Berkheimer Ass. would be asked to report on the Earned Income Tax receipts on a quarterly basis and also to broaden the analysis to have a better view of the status of the taxpayers of the district.

 

Former board member Joe Reiter brought to the attention of the board that a recent article in the Morning Call concerning the proposed building project misstated the effects of the proposed tax increases. It stated that the increase would be around $60. a year. But the reality is after 3 years, taxes on a $200,000 home with a 2% increase for 3 years would be an additional $195.00 a year. This would raise the present tax of $3192.00 to $3387. per year.  He also suggested that the Senior citizen and low income tax rebate be tied to the Act 1 Index, as after a few years of tax increases the rebate would be eaten up by the tax increases.

All citizens are welcome at all meetings held at the school, see the school webpage for the dates.