District Info
Career Prospect: 
Dead End Job

CESA 3

Fennimore
https://www.cesa3.org/
608-822-3276

Grant County

County Seat: 
Lancaster
WCA District: 
Southern
608-723-2675
Political Environment
2016 Election: 
51% Trump
2018 Election: 
49% Walker
2020 Election: 
55% Trump
2024 Election: 
58% Trump
COVID Rate: 
47% Fully Vaccinated
Money Stolen From This District's Taxpayers to Fund School Vouchers Across Wisconsin
2022-23 School Year: 
$0
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: 
$44,769
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate: 
$61,065
2022-23 Average Salary: 
$50,824
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$61,065
2023-24 Average Salary: 
$52,694
Average Teacher Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
17.7%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change : 
$-10,241
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$-8,371

This district is located adjacent to the Minnesota/Iowa border. The Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin continues to defund public schools while Minnesota just sent a 2 BILLION dollar funding increase to keep it's public schools #1 in America. Wisconsin is declining while Minnesota is the economic engine of the Midwest.

We strongly urge prospective teaching candidates to leave school districts like this for the much higher pay and benefits offered in Minnesota districts. Stay out of Iowa as that state screws teachers even worse than the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin.

Average teacher salaries for in Grant County range from $48,179 to $62,095. Politically, this is Trump Country with about 56% of the voters supporting Trump and Standing With Walker before Trump. 

The average teacher salary for the Southwestern Wisconsin school district is one of the lowest in the Grant County salary range, coming in at $50,824. Since July 2011, the average teacher salary in this school district has only increased by 13.5% which is about half the rate of inflation. 

The Southwestern Wisconsin school district school board was able to find the money to award a really substantial raise of 44.9% for the Superintendent. That raise was well over DOUBLE the increase in average teacher salary.

.For these reasons, we rate the career salary potential for this district as a Dead End job.

Estimated Average Teacher Income Loss Since 2011 From Act 10
$139,088

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: 
$100,000
2022-23 Projected Salary at 26.3% Inflation Rate : 
$136,400
2022-23 Superintendent Salary: 
$144,933
2023-24 Projected Salary at 36.4% Inflation Rate: 
$136,400
2023-24 Superintendent Salary: 
$153,589
Superintendent Salary Performance
WERC Inflation Rate Since July 2011 : 
36.4%
Real Salary Change: 
53.6%
2022-23 Purchasing Power Change: 
$8,533
2023-24 Purchasing Power Change: 
$17,189

April 2024 Referendum Results

Taxpayers approved a $3,000,000 non- recurring operational referendum. 

 

 

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.