Sarah Mueller
Education reporterAn experienced journalist, I joined LehighValleyNews.com as its education reporter. I bring several years of media experience at public radio stations including NPR Illinois, WFSU Public Media and Delaware Public Media. I’ve covered state and local government, interviewing lawmakers, governors and congressional leaders. In my personal life, I’m a passionate animal lover, hiker and documentary enthusiast. A documentary for which I worked as a researcher, Fire in the Meadows, won first place at the 2022 Tallahassee Film Festival for best documentary short film. It explored the effects of an investor buying a local mobile home park, raising rents and forcing tenants out of their homes. Contact me at SarahM@lehighvalleynews.com or and subscribe to my newsletter here.
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State Senate Republicans added vouchers back to the budget while cutting Level Up funding for Allentown and Bethlehem Area school districts. -
The Satanic Temple sued the Saucon Valley School District after district officials reversed course and barred the After School Satan Club from meeting in district buildings.
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There's two new candidates in the Allentown School Board race and one in the Southern Lehigh School board race.
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The Lehigh Valley child care centers already have long waitlists, staffing shortages and high costs.
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It's inspired by a hierarchal basic needs pyramid proposed by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in the 1940s.
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The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is predicting highs in the 90s through Thursday. The Allentown School District sent students home early Tuesday because of the heat.
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Sairett Rosario is the first female football player at Broughal Middle School since Alondra Cruz played football there in the 2017-2018 school year.
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Former Allen High School Cheryl Clark was demoted to assistant principal last month.
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The event included choral and dance performances by teachers and students.
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Some Lehigh Valley school districts are seeing an increase in chronic absenteeism and truancy following the COVID-19 pandemic. And what was already an issue before COVID appears to have reached a level of urgency in some schools.
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Leaders of the Lehigh Valley's two largest school districts say Gov. Josh Shapiro's education budget doesn't go far enough.
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Students, parents and area residents responded to a pledge by some Republican candidates to out transgender students and censor "woke" curriculum in the Southern Lehigh School District.
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The students of Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts in Bethlehem are planning a mental health awareness social media campaign.
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The move comes after secret investigation wrapped up last month without findings released
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Tracy Piazza has worked in the district for more than 30 years.
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The bill is sponsored by state Sen. Jarrett Coleman.
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Students at Dieruff High School are writing poetry about dreams in preparation for their performance at next week’s gala for the Allentown School District Foundation.
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The presentation also included a performance by high school choral students.
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Sen. Nick Miller, D-Lehigh/Northampton, invited the state Senate’s top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee for a visit Tuesday of the Allentown School District’s oldest school buildings.
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The all-day conference is being hosted by The Thrive Hub.
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The after-school program at Trexler Middle School will offer seven courses.
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Birks was given a four-year contract as schools superintendent, serving until 2027. She has served in an interim capacity since last Oct. 31.
