NEW CASTLE —
The Laurel School Board has accepted the resignations of two teachers.
Susan L. Duckstein, a special education teacher, and Charles P. Cuba, an elementary teacher, will leave at the end of the current school year.
The board approved the calendar for the 2013-14 school year. The first day of classes for students will be Aug. 26. The last day will be June 6, 2014.
Also this week, the board approved advertising for:
•Bids to replace windows at the junior/senior high school. Windows to be replaced are those upstairs on the north side of the building, the entire inside facing the courtyard and some cafeteria windows.
•Bids for renovations to the practice fields.
•Bids for refuse removal service for a three-year period.
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Laurel OKs teacher resignations
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