There is always one.
Anytime the mainstream media does a story about teacher recruitment, you can count on at least one school district official making claims about teacher pay that are not true.
In an article published in the StarNews, Robin Meiers of the New Hanover County Schools human resources office claims that, “Because our teacher pay has dropped over the years, it is more difficult to get teachers to leave higher paying states.”
But teacher pay hasn’t dropped over the years. Thanks to the N.C. General Assembly and Governor McCrory, average teacher pay has increased by 15 percent over the last four years. Funds for employee benefits have been on the rise as well. As someone who works in the human resources department, surely Meiers knows that.
