District Info
Career Prospect: 
Dead End Job

CESA 2

Whitewater
http://www.cesa2.k12.wi.us/
262-473-1473

Dane County

County Seat: 
Madison
WCA District: 
Southern
608-266-4311
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
23% Trump
2018 Election: 
23% Walker
2020 Election: 
23% Trump
2024 Election: 
23% Trump
COVID Rate: 
80% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
2022-23 School Year: 
$510,343
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: 
$54,505
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$74,345
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$61,877
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$74,345
2023-24 Average Salary: 
$64,751
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
18.8%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-12,468
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-9,594

This school district is located in Dane County, which historically has voted around 80% for Democrats and is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. Buoyed by the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin, Dane County is one of the most desirable counties in Wisconsin to live in.

Teachers in Dane County school districts earn some of the highest salaries in Wisconsin. The average teacher salaries for Dane County school districts range from $52, 546 to $65, 472 as of the 2022-23 school year. Like every Wisconsin county, some school districts are really great places to work while the school boards in other districts have used Act 10 to make their districts really lousy places to teach.

Teachers in the Middleton-Cross Plains school district enjoy an average salary of $61,877 which is one of the highest average salaries in Dane County. Unfortunately, it has been difficult for teachers in this school district to maintain the value of their salaries as the school board has allowed pay raises that increased the average teacher salary by only 13.5%, which is about half the inflation rate since 2011. 

We think that the school board could have done more to increase teacher salaries in this district since the school board increased the pay for the Superintendent by 38%, which is THREE TIMES the increase in average teacher pay.

Considering the minimal increase in average teacher salaries in comparison to the much larger increase in the Superintendent salary, we rated career employment potential for teachers in this district as a Dead End job.

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$166,724

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: 
$155,675
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$212,341
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$214,751
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$212,341
2023-24 Superintendent Salary: 
$257,327
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
65.3%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$2,410
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$44,986
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.