Despite Tax Revolt, Pennsylvania School District Keeps Administrator Pay High

For The Center Square Daily host Greg Bishop looks at Lower Merion, PA where administrator salaries are among the a highest in the region. Assistant high school principals in the affluent Philadelphia suburb earn nearly $170,000 a year, while the superintendent makes nearly $300,000, according to an investigation by The Center Square. A revolt began in 2016 over a proposal by school district officials to raise property taxes amid accusations that officials hid budget surpluses. It culminated in June 2022 with a class-action settlement that returned $27 million to taxpayers. Yet four years later, property owners are seeing more tax increases.