(Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh)

The New Brighton Area School Board held their first of two monthly meetings tonight where they went over multiple items slated for approval during their next meeting.  One item of discussion was for the approval to lease classroom space to two companies for the 2021-2022 school year.  The companies leasing the space would be the operators of Head Start and Tiny Tots.  Also among the discussion was the approval to exonerate school property taxes for 2019 and 2020 for a property located at 907 10th Street, New Brighton, which was purchased by a Pittsburgh company from the repository of unsold property.  The approximate cost of the exoneration is $2,386.09.  The board then spoke on resolution No. 5, which would approve the Beaver County Career and Technology Center’s general fund budget of $6,234,249.00 for the 2021-2022 school year.  Another item discussed was for a three year agreement with the New Brighton Police Department to provide coverage at athletic and school events until 2024.  The board is also looking to establish a co-op agreement with the Freedom Area School District to allow New Brighton students to participate in their Varsity Boys Soccer Team beginning for the 2021-2022 school year.  This is due to dwindling numbers of players on the current New Brighton team, last years team was said to only be 11 players.  They would like to establish a co-op agreement with Freedom for Varsity Wrestling as well.