Carlynton SD superintendent proposes assistant superintendent role, plans to eliminate director post

Director Schreiber opened the Carlynton School District board meeting on March 19, and Dr. Craig used the superintendent report to outline an administrative reconfiguration the district plans to pursue.

Dr. Craig said the board has a motion on the agenda to create a commissioned assistant superintendent — a contract position typically lasting three to five years — and to eliminate the existing director of curriculum, instruction and assessment role. "That position would be responsible for strategic direction, oversight of the district's educational programming, supervision of building principals, special education, pupil services, and managing PIMS data," Dr. Craig said, citing the position's central role in state reporting and funding.

The superintendent described the assistant superintendent as having a broader supervisory scope than the previous director role, including curriculum accessibility, equity, strategic curriculum development, and expanded professional development for building leaders. "We will start advertising for that position this week," he said, if the board accepts the motion, and said the district seeks a highly qualified candidate.

Dr. Craig also said the change will allow additional oversight of PIMS (Pennsylvania Information Management System) data, which affects state reporting and district funding. He framed the move as designed to create "another layer of opportunity for providing supervision to building principals, special education, and pupil services" and to improve data analysis and curricular decision‑making.

The superintendent's remarks were presented as an item on the board agenda; the transcript records general consent votes on grouped agenda sections later in the meeting but does not show a separate roll‑call vote specifically recorded on the assistant superintendent motion during the meeting transcript. The board's next procedural steps, as described in the report, are to advertise the position and return with candidates or further action for board consideration.

If approved at a future vote, the change would be implemented by posting the assistant superintendent position and eliminating the director role, with any hiring or contract renewal decisions to follow standard board approval processes.