District Info
Career Prospect: 
Dead End Job

Shawano County

County Seat: 
Shawano
WCA District: 
North Central

Teachers are truly the nicest, kindest people in the world; generous to a fault looking to improve their students’ lives, often at the expense of their own lives and their families. For these truly wonderful people, accepting a teaching position in a county filled with MAGA cult members is a major culture shock.

We created this website to tell the stories of the many ways that Act 10 upended teachers’ lives and careers since 2011. These are stories that the Mainstream Media Bosses have intentionally ignored. Wisconsin’s Mainstream Media has supported the Republican Dictatorship that has ruled Wisconsin since 2011 through active suppression of reporting on how Act 10 decimated 50 years of improvements in teachers’ lives and working conditions. The Mainstream Media has endorsed many Republican politicians that keep the Wisconsin Republican Dictatorship alive and well.

Teaching and living in this county requires one to be comfortable with being treated as a second class citizen at best, and more likely shunned as a pariah by the majority of your neighbors. Many of your neighbors will be angry Trump-worshipping bullies who are still pissed at teachers for the closing of schools for 2 months at the beginning of the pandemic  Most of your neighbors give 100% support to Republican candidates who have worked to defund public education and punish teachers for making kids wear masks when in-person classes resumed.  

Before the majority of your neighbors in this county joined the Trump cult, they were “Standing With Walker” to smack teachers around from 2011 to 2018. Due to Act 10 wiping out 50 years of improvement in teacher working conditions and employment protections, thousands of teachers in counties across Wisconsin lost their jobs and careers.

Most of your neighbors will be MAGA Republicans who are strong supporters of the Wisconsin Republican Dictatorship that slashed over 4 BILLION dollars in state aid to public schools since 2011-the largest cuts to public schools in America, while giving the largest state tax dollar funding increases in America to private and religious schools that carefully select and retain their students in order to keep the “more costly to educate” (handicapped & disabled) students out.

Wisconsin is the only state in America without tenure or collective bargaining protections keeping teachers from being unjustly terminated or non-renewed. Since 2011, hundreds of teachers in Republican controlled Wisconsin counties have been non-renewed or terminated as retribution for signing a petition to recall Governor Walker, or making a Facebook post or posting a lawn sign supporting a Democratic candidate.

Before you accept one of the thousands of open teaching positions in Wisconsin, we hope that you will give careful consideration to leaving Wisconsin for numerous other places in America(like our neighbors in Minnesota & Illinois) that appreciate and welcome high quality teachers to become productive residents of their state and boost their states’ economies far ahead of Wisconsin’s stagnant economic growth since Act 10 was imposed in 2011 by the Republican Dictatorship that still rules Wisconsin.

Since 2011, thousands of great teachers and administrators have enjoyed significant career advancement by leaving Wisconsin. We think that you will too.

With only a 44% Covid 19 vaccination rate, this county is has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Wisconsin. 
During the Covid 19 pandemic, hospitals in this general region were filled beyond capacity by extremely sick, un-vaccinated patients from Shawano County. Routine health care often had to be suspended due to the crushing demand caused by un-vaccinated residents with Covid 19 taking hospital beds away from victims of strokes, heart attacks, and car crashes on several occasions during the pandemic.
 During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Republican Sheriff in this county took a public position of refusing to enforce Wisconsin state health department mandates requiring residents to wear masks in restaurants and bars. Note the Covid-19 vaccination rate in this county.
 Do you want to live and potentially raise a family in a County where law enforcement chooses the laws it enforces on the basis of politics?
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
65% Trump
2018 Election: 
64% Walker
2020 Election: 
67% Trump
COVID Rate: 
44% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
Latest Available Data: 2022-23 School Year: 
$1,272,706
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: 
$48,531
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$61,295
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$55,358
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
26.3
Real Salary Change: 
14.1%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-5,937

This school district is located in Shawano County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are strong Trump supporters, and spent 2012-2018 Standing With Walker  to denigrate public school teachers at every opportunity. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the many county residents who are strong MAGA supporters.

Nearly every yard in this 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 Shawano County.  Woe to anyone living in this county, especially a public school teacher, that doesn't openly support Trump or who dares to openly support Biden or any Democratic candidate. 

Like most predominantly MAGA supporting Wisconsin counties, teacher pay and benefits in this county are pretty low. Average teacher pay in this county ranges from $51,673 to $58,629. 

Though by far the largest district in Shawano County, the Shawano school district average teacher salary was one of the lower ones in Shawano County at $55,358.  The increase in average teacher salary since 2011  was 14.1%, which was well below the rate of inflation. 

We have heard that there has been a significant exodus of great teachers during the last few years due to a lot of turmoil at the upper levels of administration & school board. We have read about some pretty sketchy things (https://www.tchdailynews.com/2022/04/15/77819/ ) that this district has done to loyal teachers; especially the termination of a dedicated teacher and coach with 22 years of service who suffered a disabling stroke from the extreme stress and turmoil from how this district treated it's teachers during the past few years. 

Still suffering from the disabling effects of the stroke, the district terminated him and cut off his health insurance days after he exhausted his sick leave. Many districts would have put him on disability leave, but not Shawano. Might want to consider that if you're considering accepting a position with this school district.

Even the Superintendent pay declined by 6.8% in this district, one of only a few districts in Wisconsin where this happened. We think that when the Superintendent pay declines, that the district is having severe financial issues.

Rating the career prospects for this district is not a tough call at all; we rank career employment potential as a Dead End job in this district.

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$103,284

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: 
$127,992
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$161,654
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$119,328
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
26.3
Real Salary Change: 
-6.8%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-42,326

April 2024 Referendum Results

Taxpayers rejected a $54,500,000 referendum for facilities improvement projects.

Ten Year Teacher Salaries
Median 2020-2021 First Year Teacher Salary: 
$43,200
Projected Ten Year Salary in 2020-21: 
$54,562
Ten Year Teacher Salary Performance
10 Year WERC Inflation Rate: 
26.3
Real Salary Change : 
0.0%
Real Purchasing Power Change*: 
$0