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Veteran MMSD teachers urge board to fix salary compression at public comment
Summary
Dozens of Madison Metropolitan School District teachers told the school board their pay has been compressed below the levels new hires receive, citing lost steps and thousands of dollars in annual pay. Speakers urged the board to correct placement on the salary schedule and said the gap threatens retention and retirement security.
Dozens of veteran teachers told the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education on Sept. 29 that the district’s salary schedule has left long-serving educators paid far below where their years of experience should place them.
At a packed public comment period, teachers described specific cases in which the district did not credit prior years of service when they were hired, leaving them multiple “steps” down the district pay scale compared with newer hires with similar total experience.
The teachers said the gap—commonly called salary compression—reduces morale, increases turnover risk and jeopardizes retirement security for staff who stayed in the district through repeated organizational changes. They urged the board and administration to study and correct placement on the salary schedule so veteran teachers’ pay reflects years of total…
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