This school district is located in St. Croix County, where the County Republican Party acted extremely aggressively in support of the January 6th 2021 Insurrectionists.
With the extreme pro-Trump views of the predominantly MAGA population in this county, social studies teachers have had to be very careful when teaching about the January 6th Patriots that visited the Capitol building in Washington DC, just doing "normal" tourist type tours of the Capitol.
The St. Croix County school district average teacher salary ranges from $53,795 to $64,551.
The Somerset school district had mid-range average teacher salaries in this County at $61,541. The increase in average teacher salary for this school district was 15.8% since 2011, which was below the rate of inflation.
The Superintendent pay increased by 29.3%, which was about DOUBLE the increase in average teacher salaries since 2011.
With this county being located adjacent to the Minnesota border, we urge teachers considering teaching here to explore teaching vacancies just across the border in Minnesota. Successful candidates could earn starting salaries of $10-15,000 more than what teachers are now earning in Wisconsin, with far higher career salary potential.
Rating the career potential for teachers in this district is a tough call. With an over $60,000 average teacher salary in the county, that is increasing below the rate of inflation, plus Superintendet raises about DOUBLE the average teachers' raises, we think that this district Might Be a Good Place to Work.
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.