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York Suburban presents start-of-year staffing, special-education placements and vendor agreements for board review
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Krausser and Chief Financial and Operations Officer Mrs. Kindick briefed the board on new-staff onboarding, special-education placements and vendor agreements to be considered at a future meeting, including hourly rates for behavior services and daily placement costs.
Superintendent Dr. Krausser and Chief Financial and Operations Officer Mrs. Kindick used the Aug. 11 York Suburban School District board meeting to update directors on start-of-year staffing and to present several items for board review at the next meeting, including special-education placements, vendor agreements and a proposed additional depository.
Dr. Krausser said the district began onboarding new staff that morning, with about 20 new employees participating in orientation and site tours across district buildings. “At any time I get a chance to share about the excitement of bringing staff in and welcoming students,” Dr. Krausser said, noting teachers and mentors took part in tours and program introductions ahead of the first student day next week.
Mrs. Kindick reviewed multiple items the administration will ask the board to approve at the next meeting:
- Two property-tax exemption notifications for veterans: one on a parcel with a total assessed value of $122,230 and a second with a total assessed value of $280,800 (values as reported by staff).
- A renewal of an agreement with ADA Support Services LLC for behavior services at the same hourly rates as the prior year: a certified behavior analyst at $130 per hour and a registered behavior technician at $60 per hour. Mrs. Kindick said the registered behavior technician position is funded through a grant; she identified last year’s district expenditures for those contracts as roughly $155,512 for the certified behavioral technician (about 1,997 hours, per staff rounding) and $67,350 for the registered behavior technician (about 1,123 hours), and said she can supply more precise calculations if needed.
- Agreements with Specialized Education, Pennsylvania, Inc., for center-based placements. Staff requested eight seats in the full-time, center-based support classroom (down from 10 last year). Center-based cost figures discussed: the district’s commercially supported classroom rate increased by $15 per day this year to about $202 per day; the center-based autistic support rate was cited as $479 per student per day and an additional aid cost of $256 per student per day (the transcript records the $32-per-day and $17-per-day increases that produced these totals).
- A request to designate PNC Bank as an additional depository for the 2025–26 fiscal year to facilitate transfers and checking for bond funds. Mrs. Kindick explained current bonds are held in a liquid-asset pool that does not provide a checking account and that adding PNC would streamline transfers if the district begins spending bond proceeds.
Mrs. Kindick also explained funding sources in part: the registered behavior technician position is supported by an identified grant (referred to in the transcript as a multi-year grant), and she noted the district reduced the number of requested seats for one placement based on projections of need.
None of the vendor renewals, placement agreements or the depository change were voted on during the Aug. 11 meeting; Mrs. Kindick presented them for board review and indicated they will be brought forward for approval at a subsequent board meeting.
