Politics & Government
CIT Cleared to Buy Three Forks Lots
Nazareth Area School Board gives approval to purchase three building lots to be used for student-built housing projects.
The Nazareth School Board on Monday approved a plan for the Career Institute of Technology (CIT) to buy three building lots in Forks Township to be used for student-built housing projects.
Each of the five districts that send students to CIT -- Nazareth, Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wilson and Easton -- must approve the plan.
The $186,000 purchase price will be divided among the five districts, with the amount each district pays based on enrollment, said Chris Audenried, a member of both the Nazareth School Board and the CIT Operating Committee.
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The CIT student-built housing program, which provides hands-on experience for technical education students in fields such as carpentry, plumbing and masonry, had been jeopardized by a lack of available building lots, according to a report in The Express-Times.
The building lots CIT officials plan to acquire are at 528 Toboggan Trail, 536 Toboggan Trail and 536 Cypress Trail, in the Evergreen Terrace subdivision.
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Also, CIT will serve as host site for a daytime administrative retreat next month, said district Superintendent Dennis Riker.
He called CIT “the best-kept secret in the Lehigh Valley” and assured district taxpayers that the retreat's only cost to district will be for lunch -- which will be prepared by students in CIT's culinary program.
Riker, who took over as superintendent in July after Victor Lesky retired, said he organized the retreat to “go through [his] goals and objectives as superintendent” with his staff.