Per-pupil spending The Milton Area School District Administrative costs per pupil in were $549.64 in 2008. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association keeps statistics on salaries of public school district employees in Pennsylvania. According to the association, the average salary for a superintendent for the 2007-08 school year was $122,165. In 2010, Cathy Groller was hired as superintendent at a starting salary of $115,000. In April 2013, the board provided a new 4 contract to Grolier which includes 3% annual raises. Her salary was reported by the board as $123,503. Superintendents and administrators receive a benefit package commensurate with that offered to the district's teachers' union, including: health insurance, life insurance, paid sick days, paid holidays, taxpayer funded dues payments and more. In August 2014, the board hired former Superintendent of Midd-West School District Daphne as the Director of Elementary Education. Snook is suing her former employer in Federal court for a variety of issues related to her suspension for reading board members emails.