This school district is located in Wood County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are strong Trump supporters, and spent 2010-2018 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.
Nearly every yard in the county that has a sign proclaiming support for Trump and/or contempt for President Biden and those who support him. FJB signs are more prevalent than the American flag in most areas of Wood County. Woe to anyone, especially a public school teacher, that doesn't openly support Trump or who dares to openly support Biden or any Democratic candidate.
Average teacher pay in this county ranges from $50,226 to $65,279. The Port Edwards school district average teacher salary was the lowest in Wood County at $50,226. The increase in average teacher salary since 2011 was a measly 1.0%, which was far below the rate of inflation.
During the same time period, the school board increased the Superintendent pay by over 300%?? Probably not-reporting error by the district.
With the lowest average teacher salary in Wood County, that was essentially frozen since July 2011, we rate the career employment potential of this district as a Dead End job.
In both 2010-11 and 2022-23 school years, the Superintendent position was reported as a 1.0 FTE full time position. Probably that was in error in the 2010-11 school year. Likely the position was a shared position with another administrative role, probably was a 50% FTE position.
April 2024 Referendum Results 2 Referendums: Both Passed!!
Taxpayers approved a $7,300,000 referendum for capital improvements.
Taxpayers also approved $4,250,000 in a non-recurring operational referendum.
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.