Teachers were paid $35,000 to start. Now, new teachers will receive $48,000. Those who have been in the classroom for at least 20 years will get $60,000.
MUNCIE — The Muncie Community Schools Board of Trustees approved its largest pay raise in school history on Tuesday.
"I have 30 kids in my classroom this year. That's a lot, and they are like from first grade ability to 7th or 8th grade ability," she said."[I'm also] trying to manage that every day during the pandemic." "This is huge. I know there are lots of teachers that were contemplating 'is teaching the right thing for me?' It's hard," said Agnew.
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