NORTHERN LEHIGH | November 13, 2026. The Northern Lehigh School Board has approved a technology purchase of 450 Chromebooks, licenses and protective cases, at a cost not to exceed $140,000, according to Times News reporting published November 11. Funding is to come from the district’s technology budget.
Other approvals from Monday’s board meeting
The district also approved a three-year oil-boiler cleaning contract with Has Mechanical at $9,748 per year, a $5,590 treadmill purchase for the weight room, and an 18-month Ricoh copier and print-management lease priced at $223 per month, with funding sources identified in the board report. Administrators also received authorization to participate in cooperative purchasing and fuel-bid programs aimed at competitive pricing.
What the numbers do and don’t mean
The Chromebook figure is a maximum authorization that includes licenses and cases, not a verified final invoice or a $140,000 hardware-only expense. For residents, the useful follow-up questions include device age and replacement cycles, procurement competition, final costs and how the equipment will be distributed. Those questions are normal fiscal oversight, not allegations of wrongdoing.
Full details and other board approvals appear in Times News’s November 11 school-board financial recap. Residents can also seek meeting minutes and board documents from the Northern Lehigh School District.
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