Harrisburg City School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $856 per pupil which ranked 137 in the state for administrative spending. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. The Pennsylvania School Board Association tracks salaries for Pennsylvania public school employees. It reports that in 2008 the average superintendent salary in Pennsylvania was $122,165. In March 2010, Mayor Thompson and the board of control rescinded the contract of Gerald Kohn. He had been paid a $235,431 annual salary.