The flat
salary schedule for teachers is a good reason for those in Madison to welcome the stipends of $ 6,250 that the district offers to its «master» teachers, who take a leadership role among the
faculty, and the bonuses averaging $ 3,400 to teachers who exhibit outstanding classroom performance and student achievement.
With a public hearing
scheduled Thursday on the
faculty drive to unionize Benjamin Franklin High School,
salaries are sure to be a salient concern — in particular discrepancies in pay among staff with seemingly similar backgrounds.