Fourteen Northampton Area School District teachers have been granted tenure.
The NASD Board of Education voted 8-0 at its most recent meeting, Aug. 17, to approve the professional status and tenure for the following teachers who completed three years of teaching and received six satisfactory evaluations — Northampton Area High School: Ian Luberti and Kathlyn Macalintal; Northampton Area Middle School: Janine Bonham, Logan Bortz, Jennifer Calhoun (Kidd), Jillian Giandomenico, Charles Hutterer, Meredith Roe, Marina Scrap and Harry Schwartz; East Allen Elementary School: Emma Garneau; George Wolf Elementary School: Lynette Meister and Adriana Viglianese; and Lehigh Elementary School: Trisha Rabenold.
School directors also voted 8-0 at the Aug. 17 meeting to approve the following hirings: Renetta Feist, LTS family and consumer science teacher at NAHS, Aug. 17-end of 2026-27 school year, at $66,055, prorated; Gillian Armstrong, LTS biology teacher at NAHS, effective second semester of 2026-27 school year, at $66,055, prorated; Morgan Burch, 1:1 instructional assistant at George Wolf Elementary, effective Aug. 17, at $22.38 per hour, with benefits; Kacie Suveg, LTS instructional assistant at Lehigh Elementary, effective Aug. 17-April 6, 2027, at $22.38 per hour, with benefits; Grace Dawe, TPE English teacher at NAMS, effective Aug. 17, at $66,055; Abrielle Snyder, LTS third-grade teacher at George Wolf Elementary, effective 2026-27 school year, at $66,055, with benefits; Courtney Muick, LTS social studies at NAHS, effective first half of 2026-27 school year, with potential to extend through remainder of school year if necessary, at $66,055, prorated; Elanna Erdman, LTS English teacher at NAMS, effective 2026-27 school year, at $66,055, with benefits; and Gina Lentz, instructional assistant at East Allen Elementary, effective Aug. 17, at $22.38 per hour, with benefits…