Manatee Teachers Paid Well
Today's local paper carried this story:
Manatee teachers among the highest paid in Florida
HERALD STAFF REPORT
MANATEE - A review of salaries released by the Florida Department of Education shows the Manatee County School District ranks seventh among the state's 67 school districts in terms of the average teacher's salary paid.
The average teacher's salary in the Manatee County School District is $44,440, according to a news release. The statewide teacher's salary average is $42,705.
Sarasota's average teacher's salary was reported as the highest in the state - $49,342. Monroe County ranked second, followed by Collier, Dade, Broward, Okaloosa, Manatee, Charlotte, Flagler and Pinellas to complete the Top 10.
The salary review was released by the state education department's division of accountability, research and measurement and posted at www.firn.edu/doc/eias.
"Our school board has made a priority of making our teachers' salaries as competitive as possible," stated Tim McGonegal, Manatee's assistant superintendent of business services. "The key to recruiting teachers to this growing area is to provide our teachers with salary increases so we can retain the good people we are hiring."
The district hired almost 400 teachers in preparation for the 2006-2007 school year, which starts Monday.
A little more than half of the new teachers are filling newly created positions needed to keep up with growth. The additional new hires are filling positions that became open as a result of retirements or departures from the district.
During the 2001-2002 school year, the average teacher's salary in Manatee County was $37,444, which was $1,828 below the state average and earned the district a ranking of 14th in the state.
Manatee teachers among the highest paid in Florida
HERALD STAFF REPORT
MANATEE - A review of salaries released by the Florida Department of Education shows the Manatee County School District ranks seventh among the state's 67 school districts in terms of the average teacher's salary paid.
The average teacher's salary in the Manatee County School District is $44,440, according to a news release. The statewide teacher's salary average is $42,705.
Sarasota's average teacher's salary was reported as the highest in the state - $49,342. Monroe County ranked second, followed by Collier, Dade, Broward, Okaloosa, Manatee, Charlotte, Flagler and Pinellas to complete the Top 10.
The salary review was released by the state education department's division of accountability, research and measurement and posted at www.firn.edu/doc/eias.
"Our school board has made a priority of making our teachers' salaries as competitive as possible," stated Tim McGonegal, Manatee's assistant superintendent of business services. "The key to recruiting teachers to this growing area is to provide our teachers with salary increases so we can retain the good people we are hiring."
The district hired almost 400 teachers in preparation for the 2006-2007 school year, which starts Monday.
A little more than half of the new teachers are filling newly created positions needed to keep up with growth. The additional new hires are filling positions that became open as a result of retirements or departures from the district.
During the 2001-2002 school year, the average teacher's salary in Manatee County was $37,444, which was $1,828 below the state average and earned the district a ranking of 14th in the state.
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