Oklahoma teachers are underpaid, and gained nationwide attention when the teachers walked out the job for nine days demanding higher pay. Oklahoma teacher’s salary is around $32,000 a year. Each Year FWISD has about 500 to 700 vacancies and decided to recruit teachers from Oklahoma by placing billboards in several cities in the state. MORE STORY: HERE
The billboards, paid for by the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD), were unveiled Monday in Norman, Tulsa, Stillwater and Oklahoma City with the following message:
“Your future is in a Fort Worth classroom — teacher starting salary $52,000.”
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Teachers in Oklahoma are unhappy about school funding and pay. Fort Worth ISD saw an opportunity.
Posted by FOX 4 News on Wednesday, May 9, 2018
