This school district is located in Sheboygan County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are Trump supporters and spent 2012-2018 Standing With Walker as he denigrated teachers and worked to destroy quality public education. 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 Sheboygan County. 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. 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 $52,236 to $64,023. The Sheboygan Area school district average teacher salary was the highest in Sheboygan County at $64,023. Unfortunately, the increase in average teacher salary since 2011 was less than 1%, which was far below the rate of inflation and one of the lowest increases in Wisconsin!!
During the same time period, Superintendent pay rose by 49.2%, which was almost FIFTY TIMES the increase in average teacher salary!!!
Though the average teacher salary in the Sheboygan area school district is the highest in the county, unfortunately this salary has been literally frozen since 2011. It appears that the school board prioritizes keeping the Superintendent (and likely administration) very happy with the 49.2% pay increase. We rate career potential for employment as a teacher in this school 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.