Budget Archives - Redbank Valley || New Bethlehem PA

“Boardwalk on Broad Street” Raising Funds for Victory Garden”

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS Boardwalk on Broad Street" Raising Funds for Victory Garden NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - It is not uncommon for children to have dreams of making the world a better place. What is uncommon, though, is when a child has the strength [...]

School Board Work Session Keys on Discipline & Security

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS School Board Work Session Keys on Discipline & Security NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - The Directors of the Redbank Valley School District discussed Student Handbook Policy changes and ongoing issues with finishing the track renovations at their work session Thursday evening, [...]

RVSB OKs $18 Million Spending Package and 3.4 Property Tax Hike

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS RVSB OKs $18 Million Spending Package and 3.4 Property Tax Hike NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - Redbank Valley School Board approved a final budget for fiscal year 2019 – 2020 at their regular monthly meeting on June 3rd. The $18,550,314 dollar [...]

Closing the Budget Gap Dominates RVSB Worksession

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS Closing the Budget Gap Dominates RVSB Worksession NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - The reality of the District's long term financial stability overshadowed several discussions at Thursday's nights School Board work session. The Board's commitment to bringing the District's budget into balance [...]

Board Approves 2019-2020 Budget; Tax Increases

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS Board Approves 2019-2020 Budget; Tax Increases NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - The Redbank Valley School Board approved an $18.76 million dollar spending budget for the 2019 – 2020 school year at the regular monthly meeting on May 6. While higher than [...]

RV School Board Studies 2019-2020 Proposed Budget

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS School Board Studies 2019 - 2020 Proposed Budget NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - Redbank Valley School Directors got their first in-depth look at the proposed budget for Fiscal (School) Year 2019 – 2020 at a lengthy special meeting Tuesday evening, March [...]

School Board Postpones Spending Votes to do More Research

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS School Board Postpones Spending Votes to do More Research NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RIO) - Following Director Jason Barnett's lead, the Redbank Valley School Board pulled two new expense items from their Agenda for their October meeting at Thursday night's work session. Votes [...]

School Board Member Seeks Clarification

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS School Board Member Seeks Clarification NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - Redbank Valley School Board member Bill Reddinger took Redbank Valley dot Org (RVO) to task over the choice of words in a recent RVO headline. RV Correspondent John Gerow titled his report [...]

District Hemorrhages Money as Hiring & Spending Continue

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS District Hemorrhages Money as Hiring & Spending Continue NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - The hiring spree continued Monday evening at the Redbank Valley School District’s monthly work session. Along with the continued spending on new hires, the school board heard concerns about the [...]

New Spending Highlights School Board Meeting

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT LOCAL NEWS New Spending Highlights School Board Meeting NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. by: John Gerow (RVO) - Security issues and district reorganization dominated the July meeting of the Redbank Valley School Board on Monday evening, July 9. The work session before the meeting was devoted to a discussion [...]