Local Question of the Day — 10/11/05

Issue: Idaho teachers among nation’s lowest paid: Low salary structure makes state ‘training ground’ /Ann Wallace Allen, Associated Press

DFO: Unfortunately, you can’t eat the scenery in Idaho or we’d all be wealthy.

Question: Is this something teachers’ll just have to live with, given the anti-tax mood of the state and some uberconservative lawmakers? Or can we do something about this bad situation?

Average salary for experienced teachers
for the 2003-2004 school year:

•Idaho: $40,111
•California: $56,444
•Nevada: $43,211
•Connecticut: $56,516
•South Dakota: $33,236
•National average: $46,597