NASD Noted at Two Board Meetings

The Morning Call has reports from the Saucon Valley and East Penn School District Board meetings which both reference the Nazareth Area School District.

The Saucon Valley Board article notes that Nazareth is one of three area schools to have a Foundation, along with Easton and Bethlehem (read the article here). The Board directed its admin to learn more from these schools prior to going with options presented by a consultant that would have cost upwards of $20,000.

To that end, I sent an email to the Blue Eagle Education Foundation's Executive Director and the NASD's Business Administrator asking:

1. How much money does the Blue Eagle Foundation raise annually?
2. Of the money raised, how much was raised 'new' by the Foundation compared to transferred from existing scholarships and grants when the foundation was formed?
3. What is the amount of expenses the Blue Eagle Foundation incurs?
4. What amount of expenses and in-kind contributions does the NASD make to support the Blue Eagle Foundation?

The other article references the new NASD MS's environmental certification and comes from an East Penn School District Board Meeting (read it here). The Directors were open to implementing green elements, but were cautious in the extent to which they were willing to pay to be certified out of fear they would go over their $21 million dollar budget for the 800 student elementary school building.