This school district is located in Dane County, which historically has voted around 80% for Democrats and is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. Buoyed by the city of Madison and the University of Wisconsin, Dane County is one of the most desirable counties in Wisconsin to live in.
Teachers in Dane County school districts earn some of the highest salaries in Wisconsin. The average teacher salaries for Dane County school districts range from $52, 546 to $65, 472 as of the 2022-23 school year. Like every Wisconsin county, some school districts are really great places to work while the school boards in other districts have used Act 10 to make their districts really lousy places to teach.
Teachers in the Wisconsin Heights school district earn an average salary of $53,744, which is one of the lower salaries in Dane County. The Wisconsin Heights school board increased the already low average teacher salary levels by only 11.3% since July 2011 which was well below the inflation rate. This district could be having some financial problems that are behind the low teacher pay and pay increases, but the school board was able to find enough money to award the Superintendent pay increases of 34.3%, or THREE TIMES the increases in average teacher pay.
For these reasons, we rate the career employment potential for teachers in this district to be a Dead End job.
April 2024 Referendum Results
Taxpayers approved a $12,800,000 non- recurring operational referendum.
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.