This school district is located in Manitowoc County. By a strong majority, the residents of this county are strong Trump supporters, and spent 2012-2018 Standing With Walker. Not surprisingly, public education in this county suffers from a lack of support from many county residents who are strong MAGA supporters.
Since the MAGA Republican Dictatorship that rules Wisconsin enacted Act 10 in 2011, teachers in every school district in this county have suffered significant salary and benefit cuts imposed by MAGA-controlled school boards.
Average teacher pay in this county ranges from $53,585 to 64,323. The Valders school district average teacher salary was the one of the higher ones in this county at $60,451. The increase in average teacher salary since 2011 was 9.2%, which was well below the rate of inflation.
At the same time that the average teacher salary increased by 9.2% which was far below the rate of inflation, the Valders school board prioritized large raises for the Superintendent. The Superintendent salary increased by 40.9% since 2011, or over FOUR TIMES the increase in average teacher salary.
When average teachers salaries increase far below the inflation rate while the school board lavishes large pay increase to the Superintendent, we rate the career employment potential as a Dead End job.
April 2024 Referendum Results
Taxpayers REJECTED a $3,900,000 non- recurring operational referendum. Organized opposition to this referendum focused on cutting teacher positions and teacher salaries by at least 20%.
Teachers in this district will likely face some combination of layoffs, significant workload increases, benefit cuts, a salary freeze for newer teachers with pay cuts for experienced teachers in order for this district to continue operations.
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.