(Sandy Giordano/Beaver County Radio)

Beaver County Radio news correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that the Hopewell School Board approved for Dr. Robert Kartychak to assume the duties of acting high school principal, following the retirement of current principal Michael Allison. Dr. Kartychak will receive an additional $750 weekly stipend as a result of the new position.

The board also hired Deborah Engelman to be the new District Business Manager at a rate of $110,000 per year, along with the hiring of five new paraprofessionals. Also approved was the increase for hourly pay for lifeguards employed by the school, from a rate of 8.25 an hour up to a flat ten dollars per hour.