Per pupil spending Gettysburg Area School District's administrative costs per pupil was $813.35 in 2008. This ranked 180th in Pennsylvania for administrative spending. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. In January 2007, the Gettysburg Area School Board awarded a three-year contract to William Hall with an initial salary of $120,000 and an extensive benefits package that includes health insurance, Taxpayer pays up to $5,000 moving expenses, dues, conferences, travel per policy, and a defined benefit pension. In 2011, the Pennsylvania Auditor General notified the school district that it will be investigating the recent superintendent buyout that includes a severance package costing over $500,000, including paying two years’ salary, at $135,630 a year and paying the mortgage on Hall's home, which he purchased in 2009 from the district's Tech Prep program. In October 2010, the Gettysburg Area School Board named Larry R. Redding as Acting Superintendent. In March 2011, the board officially promoted Redding to Superintendent.