This school district is located in Washburn County, where the majority of residents are huge Trump supporters. Driving through this county one is likely to see more Trump & FJB flags displayed at nearly every home than American flags. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from the mostly MAGA county residents.
The Washburn County school district average teacher salary ranges from $48,487 to $60,273.
The Spooner Area school district had the highest average salary in this county at $60,273. The increase in average teacher salary for this school district was 10.1% since 2011, which was well below the rate of inflation. Superintendent pay increased by 30.3% during this same period, which was almost TRIPLE the increase in average teacher salaries.
With this county being located near 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 this district is a really tough call. Several years ago, this district went through some really ugly turmoil when a Rogue Superintendent & Administration created a toxic work atmosphere where numerous long-time teachers were non-renewed without any warning or opportunity to improve. Community members supporting the fired teachers packed school board meetings, only to be told that the teachers in Spooner were a bunch of "sons of bitches". Since that ugly time period, the Spooner Area school district has been a frequent flyer on WECAN as teachers continue to flee this district.
Only on the basis of the $60,273 average teacher salary, we rate career employment in this district as Might Be a Good Place to Teach. We strongly advise teachers considering accepting employment in this district to DO YOUR HOMEWORK to find out if the right-wing Whack-Jobs that drove the Teacher Purge several years ago are still in charge, before signing a contract to teach in this district.
More information: https://www.wpr.org/education/spooner-high-school-students-stage-walkout...
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.