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<p>UNION TWP. &#8212; The Northwest Area School Board fired a teacher this week who was not identified by name.</p><p>&#8220;The superintendent shall notify the employee of his termination &#8230; effective immediately,&#8221; a board resolution stated.</p><p>Last week, the board voted to begin disciplinary proceedings against the same faculty member.</p><p>Although board members did not comment on the record, the matter involves a male teacher at the primary school in Huntington Mills.</p><p>That&#8217;s the same school that made headlines a few weeks ago when a teacher there, Scotty P. Kline, was charged by State Police for allegedly grabbing a 9-year-old boy by the arm and pushing him against a wall in May.</p><p>Kline, 56, of Benton, was facing a summary count of harassment, troopers reported.</p><p>The board resolution noted that although the employee has received a statement of charges, he has declined to participate in a board hearing to present testimony in his defense.</p><p>District solicitor Angela Evans said the teacher does, however, have a right to file a legal appeal.</p><p>In other news, the board:</p><p>&#8226; Advanced the project to install synthetic turf and a track surface at Lewis &amp; Miller Memorial Stadium by approving proposals by Turf, Track and Court LLC of Harrisburg to perform wetland delineations at a cost of $1,350 and subsurface ground tests and foundation design for $11,505.</p><p>A $500,000 grant derived from state gambling revenue is intended to help offset the cost of the project, according to Director Leigh Bonczewski.</p><p>&#8226; Approved contracts with Thomas Adams and Carol Hoover for nursing services for the 2017-18 term.</p><p>&#8226; Approved the appointment of Jennia Ash as assistant marching band director.</p><p>&#8226; Voted to provide expenses ($1,400 $1,500 and $2,800) for teachers and administrators to attend a series of educational conferences in October and November.</p><p>&#8226; Approved professional employee/tenure status for Marrissa Fedor, Mikki Shalata and Casey Coombe.</p><p>&#8226; Approved assistant football coaching stipends for Ray Bierbach, full assistant&#8217;s pay; Mark Renninger, $2,475; Brian Hardiman, $2,475; Andrew Hanadel, $3,000; and Bryce Harrison, $850</p><p>&#8226; Approved Ryan Miner as junior high girls basketball coach and Gary Bau as volunteer girls basketball coach.</p><p>&#8226; Appointed Karen Brubaker as homebound instructor.</p><p>&#8226; Approved transportation agreements with Desiree Adams and April Bonham.</p><p>&#8226; Welcomed Mary Ann Kratz as the new director of special education, succeeding Jennifer Oiler.</p><p>&#8226; Heard a report from school nurse Carmela Shiptoski that Northwest is now 100 percent in compliance with a state mandate on student innoculations.</p><p>&#8226; Heard these concluding comments from Michael Kreidler, board chairman: &#8220;The nine of us need to better manage affairs and improve our accountability &#8230; the time for complacency is over.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Tom Huntington</p><p>For Times Leader</p></bylineMeta></div>

Northwest Area board terminates teacher