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Allentown schools' food service workers agitate for new union contract
They have been working without a contract since last summer and say they are overworked and short-staffed.
Sarah Mueller
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Wedge issues rule the debate in Lehigh Valley school board races
National issues are seeping into local races, turning elections into proxy partisan fights over race and gender.
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Allentown School District approves new contract for teachers
The four-year contract will raise salaries by nearly 4.7% in the 2023-24 school year, with additional increase each subsequent year. The school board ratified a new contract with the teacher's union, the Allentown Education Association, on Thursday night.
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1st meeting of After School Satan Club draws protesters, prayers outside middle school
The After School Satan Club met for the first time Wednesday at Saucon Valley Middle School — a little more than a week after a federal judge ordered the school district to allow three meetings by the end of the school year.
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Book bans, LGBTQ issues ignite contest for Nazareth school board race
Culture war issues are hot topics in the races for four of the nine seats on the Nazareth Area School Board up for election this year. Three incumbents are not seeking re-election.