Mars Area School District
Mars School Board approved several items Tuesday night during a virtual meeting:
Mars Area Marching Band Boosters, Mars Finishline Boosters, Inc. and Mars Swimming & Diving Boosters as school-affiliated organizations
Declaring a pandemic emergency within the district, thereby allowing the superintendent to develop a health and safety plan
Submitting the health and safety plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Sara Coon replacing Joelle Patterson as district physical education curriculum leader
Shaun Babka replacing Jason Thompson as district social studies curriculum leader
Shannon Kayode, Ashley Golias, Jared Stutzman, Meagan Fabanich, Jill Schiller, Michele Goodworth, Sasha Zavacky and Stephanie Graff as mentor teachers
Sue Kaminski, Randy Kaminski, Jamie DeMarco and Nicole Vozza as musical or play advisers with $2,541 stipends each
Gail Quigley and Erin Donahue as Students Against Destructive Decisions/REACH advisers with $499.50 stipends each
Rebecca Lasko as a junior varsity cheer assistant with a $2,849 stipend
Jennifer Friday and Jessica Zeff as an occupational therapists with salary and benefits totaling $79,365 each
Earlene Allhouse and Alyssa Greco as full-time special education teachers with salary and benefits totaling $79,365 and $75,562, respectively
Carrie Merryman as a 50 percent special education teacher with salary and benefits totaling $35,287
Samantha Barnhart and Heather Rhea as long-term substitutes with salary and benefits totaling $51,916 each
Ashley Buerkle and Kevin Naughton as full-time custodians with salary and benefits totaling $35,014
The resignation of Rob Case, technology/robotics department.