Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit

Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit #16 (CSIU), located in the Milton Industrial Park, Milton, Pennsylvania, was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1971 as one of 29 Intermediate Units in the commonwealth. Intermediate units serve a given geographic area's educational needs and function as a step of organization above that of a public school district, but below that of the Pennsylvania Department of Education.[1] The state's goal is for IU's to meet student and community needs in a cost effective manner by providing services best offered on a regional basis such as special education, technical education, services to public and nonpublic schools.

Intermediate Units are governed by a Board of Directors, each member is also a member of a local school board from the IUs region. Board members are elected by school directors of all the region's school districts for three-year terms that begin July 1.[2] Officers of the intermediate unit's board are selected by members of the IU board. IU board members have a separate fiduciary responsibility to the IU and are not intended to be representatives of their home districts. They are funded by school districts, state funding and federal program specific funding and grants. IUs do not have the power to tax. Annual budgets of the intermediate unit must be approved by a majority of the school boards in the districts it serves.

CSIU's primary service area consists of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties in central Pennsylvania, which includes 17 public school districts, three technical schools and more than 70 nonpublic schools. CSIU also markets a wide range of products and services to education and other public agencies throughout and outside Pennsylvania.[3]

In 2015, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit staff salaries were six among the top 10 salaries for public school employees in Union County, Pennsylvania. Kevin Springer, the IU's Chief Administrator was paid a salary of $205,000, plus a generous benefits package in 2014.[4]

Public Schools Served

Non Public Schools Served

  • Columbia County Christian - Bloomsburg
  • Gospel Christian Academy - Selinsgrove
  • Greenwood Friends School - Millville
  • Heritage Christian Academy - Berwick
  • Hillside Christian Academy - Mifflinburg
  • Holy Family Consolidated School - Berwick
  • Maranatha Christian School - Watsontown
  • Meadowbrook Christian School - Milton
  • Meadowview Christian Academy - Paxinos
  • Northumberland Christian School - Northumberland
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School - Coal Township
  • Penn View Christian Academy - Penns Creek
  • St. Columba School - Bloomsburg
  • St. Cyril Preschool and Kindergarten - Danville
  • St. Joseph School - Danville
  • St. Monica School - Sunbury
  • Sunbury Christian Academy - Northumberland
  • Transfiguration of Our Lord School - Shamokin
  • Watsontown Christian Academy - Watsontown

data taken from CSIU16 Service Directory 2009-10.

CSIU 16 Services

References

  1. ↑ PA Department of Education Intermediate Units, Allegheny Intermediate Unit website, Accessed April 2010.
  2. ↑ Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 website accessed April 2010
  3. ↑ EdNA (Education Names and Addresses), Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2009-10
  4. ↑ Pittsburgh Tribune Live (2015). "Pennsylvania Teacher Salaries 2014 - Top 250 Union County Education Salaries".

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Coordinates: 40°58′13″N 76°51′00″W / 40.97014°N 76.84991°W / 40.97014; -76.84991

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