State Funding for Rural School Districts

Introduced by Damaris Rau

Dr. Hollister was contracted as the Assistant Superintendent at Eastern Lancaster County School District in October of 2005 and was appointed Superintendent in June 2008.  He recently retired as the longest serving Superintendent of all 22 districts in the Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU 13).

He currently served on the Board and Executive Committee of Leadership Lancaster and on the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA)  Board of Governors.  As the former Past-President and recent David A. Portlock Outstanding International Educator Award recipient, he stayed active in the Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PaCIE).  In 2019 he was appointed by the Governor and unanimously approved by the State Senate as a member of the Commonwealth Standards and Practices Commission.

Dr. Hollister is a husband and a father of two young ladies who currently attend public schools.  

Dr. Hollister was born in Lancaster County and raised near the village of Silver Springs.  Following high school graduation from Lancaster Catholic High School, he remained in the County and attended Millersville University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education in the field of Industrial Technology and received the Department’s Philadelphia Alumni Award for a graduating Senior.  In 1988, Dr. Hollister began his career serving as a technology education teacher in Boyertown Area School District.  While teaching, he earned a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Villanova University and his Principal’s Certification from Lehigh University.  After serving as the Assistant Principal for two years in Pennridge School District, he accepted a position as Principal at Kutztown Area Junior High School, Berks County, where he served for several years.  Dr. Hollister subsequently served as Principal at Milford Middle School in the Quakertown Community School District, Bucks County for six years.

Dr. Hollister earned his Doctorate of Educational Leadership from Lehigh University in 2003.  His research analyzed a large sample of schools in Pennsylvania assessing the need for and promise of mass customized learning practices in the public school sector.

Bob Hollister, longest-tenured Lancaster County superintendent, to retire in early 2022
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/bob-hollister-longest-tenured-lancaster-county-superintendent-to-retire-in-early-2022/article_352e021a-e8ff-11eb-8802-f7956219c0dd.html

Superintendent uses own COVID-19 experience to guide decision-making
https://www.wgal.com/article/elanco-superintendent-uses-own-covid-19-experience-to-guide-decision-making/37408825

Lancaster County schools looking forward to end of school mask mandate
https://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/lancaster-county-schools-looking-forward-to-end-of-school-mask-mandate/