This school district is located in Jefferson County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are strong Trump supporters, and spent 2012-2018 Standing With Walker. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from many county residents who are strong MAGA supporters.
Since the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin enacted Act 10 in 2011, teachers in nearly every school district in this county have suffered significant salary and benefit cuts imposed by MAGA-controlled school boards.
Average teacher pay in this county ranges from $49,289 to $67,020. The Lake Mills school district average teacher salary was one of the lower salaries at $54,970. The increase in average teacher salary since 2011 was only 10.4% which was well below the inflation rate.
The Lake Mills school board did prioritize keeping the Superintendent happy by increasing the Superintendent pay by 39.1%, which was well above the inflation rate, and about TRIPLE the increase in average teacher salary.
We rate the career employment potential for this district as a DEAD END job.
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.