Concerns over pay, school funding fuel simmering salary dispute in Buckeye district

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Buckeye Elementary School District staff are protesting low pay and funding after revelations about Superintendent Kristi Wilson's compensation.

that brought thousands of educators into the street to protest low teacher pay and call for more school funding.

In a fact sheet shared at Monday's meeting and contesting some of the teachers framing of the discussion, the district said that the average annual compensation for a Buckeye Elementary teacher The district’s average teacher salary of $44,536 was about 15% below the state average, the auditor general found.

Troy Bales, superintendent of Paradise Valley Unified School District, has an annual salary of $207,000, according to his most recent contract, with an agreement that he could receive up to $10,000 of bonus pay during this contract. He oversees 27,968 students in 42 schools. Holli Sierra, a teacher who spoke Monday, contrasted the superintendent’s compensation with the economic situation of students in Buckeye Elementary.

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