District Info
Career Prospect: 
Dead End Job

CESA 3

Fennimore
https://www.cesa3.org/
608-822-3276

Vernon County

County Seat: 
Viroqua
WCA District: 
Western
608-537-5380
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
49% Trump
2018 Election: 
48% Walker
2020 Election: 
52% Trump
2024 Election: 
53% Trump
COVID Rate: 
53% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
2022-23 School Year: 
$25,843
The Republican Dictatorship that rules 'Wisconsin has underfunded public schools since 2011 while giving the largest funding increases in America to private & parochial voucher schools.
Average Teacher Salaries
2010-2011 Average Salary: 
$48,362
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$65,966
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$52,947
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$65,966
2023-24 Average Salary: 
$56,614
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
17.1%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-13,019
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-9,352

This school district is located in Vernon County, where a majority of residents are Trump supporters. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents. 

The Vernon County school district average teacher salary ranges from $48,453 to $56,148. With one exception, most school districts in this county have really low average teacher salaries; with many teachers with families eligible for federal and state anti-poverty programs. Likely this is why nearly all of this county's school districts are ALWAYS posting jobs on WECAN. 

The Kickapoo Area school district had a mid-range average teacher salaries for this county at $52,947. The increase in average teacher salary for this school district was only 9.5% since 2011, which was far below that rate of inflation. 

Superintendent pay increased by a whopping 50% since 2011, so this district definitely has $$$ to spend on IMPORTANT positions in the district. 

With this county being located adjacent to the Minnesota border, we urge teachers considering teaching here to explore teaching vacancies just across the border in Minnesota. Successful candidates could earn starting salaries of $10-15,000 more than what teachers are now earning in Wisconsin, with far higher career salary potential.

We rate the career potential for teachers in this district as a DEAD END job.

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$166,891

The Republican Dictatorship that has Ruled Wisconsin Since 2011 has underfunded public schools by over 4 Billion dollars in order to provide massive tax cuts to the wealthiest individual taxpayers and big business and manufacturers by severely reducing teacher salaries & benefits.

Superintendent Earnings
2010-2011 Superintendent Salary: 
$90,000
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$122,760
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$135,000
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$122,760
2023-24 Superintendent Salary: 
$117,000
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
30.0%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$12,240
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-5,760

April 2024 Referendum Results

Taxpayers approved a $1,600,000 recurring operational referendum.

 

 

Ten Year Teacher Salaries
Median 2020-2021 First Year Teacher Salary: 
$0
Projected Ten Year Salary in 2020-21: 
$0
Median 2020-2021 Ten Year Teacher Salary: 
$0
Ten Year Teacher Salary Performance
10 Year WERC Inflation Rate: 
26.3%
Real Salary Change : 
0.0%
Real Purchasing Power Change*: 
$0

Planning on Returning to Teach in this District Next Year?

Have All Teachers Received CPI Pay Increases the Past 2 Years?  

2023 CPI was 8.00%  

2024 CPI was 4.12%

No???

Sick of the School Board Lavishing Big Raises on the Superintendent While Screwing Teachers?

Time to Send a Message to the School Board.....

Without a Guarantee of a BIG RAISE for signing your contract for the 2024-25 SY,

Make your School District WAIT until the week of June 12th to return your contract.

All contracts due by Saturday June 15th.

This is one of over 200 Wisconsin school districts  have SCREWED teachers (50,000+) since 2011 while giving MASSIVE pay raises to the Superintendent.  

Make your District value YOUR RETURN for next year as much as they value the Superintendent. 

Unless they offer at least a CPI raise for all teachers,

Hold off on returning your signed contract until June 12-14th.