Brandywine Heights Area School Board dispelled rumors of the district outsourcing all support staff, the only item on the discussion table is outsourcing paraprofessionals.

“We have no intention of outsourcing food service, custodial, or secretarial staff for the next school year. We were looking at the potential for outsourcing the paraprofessionals for next school year,” Superintendent Dr. Martin Handler said during a Committee of the Whole meeting last Monday.

Brandywine Heights Educational Support Professional Association (BHESPA) president Carol Bortz confirmed that “a general membership meeting was scheduled prior to the Board publicly discussing future outsourcing of our work.”