COAL TOWNSHIP - During its meeting Wednesday night, the operating agency at Northumberland County Career and Technology Center approved the retirement of longtime carpentry instructor James Yurick Jr., effective at the end of the current school year.
Board members commended the instructor for his dedicated service to the school.
James Monaghan, administrative director at the school, said it's possible the carpentry shop, which doesn't have many students, may be incorporated into a building maintenance program in the future.
He said office manager Sally Merena also is retiring at the end of the school year.
The board agreed to hire Eric Ackerman of Kulpmont as a part-time website design instructor for the adult evening program at $15 an hour, retroactive to Feb. 29.
Registered nurse Jacqueline Verzosa of Coal Township was approved as a day-to-day substitute teacher on an as-needed basis.