"Teacher retirements have waned significantly in contrast to previous years. The School Board historically averages five teacher retirements each year, according to Business Manager Mark Boehlke, but that number had doubled in the last two years. The board traditionally asks retirement requests be brought forth before Nov. 15."

This paragraph doesn't make sense--retirements have waned since previous years, but they in the last two years have doubled the average?

Neither does : As veteran teachers leave, "who are at the higher on the pay scale", they make way for younger educators to join the district, cutting costs. ¯\(°_o)/¯

It's obvious to me that there is a pattern here. The number of resignations has doubled within two years, WOW. In all my years of attending Shorewood schools, I can recall 2 resignations: 1 at Lake Bluff to get married and move to Chicago and the 2nd was a high school teacher who was 'not rehired' after his 1st year. Good luck Shorewood education system...I'm sure you will have applicants banging the doors down for a low wage, high producing teaching positions...YEA RIGHT! Good luck to all of you Nick and Nancy Northshore, my sh#@ don't stink residents with kids. The past few years, I've been embarassed to admit I was raised there, due to the reputation Shorewood has built for themselves. I no longer have any desire to move back there! Thanks for wrecking what used to be a GREAT LITTLE VILLAGE :( :( :( !!!!!!!!!!

I was born and raised in Shorewood! Went to Lake Bluff, SIS, and SHS! Shorewood was a great little village and I loved my childhood there!! The village is still the same sq. mile but now houses about triple the residents, and keeps getting BIGGER by building UP!!! The parking issues continue, but "progress" reigns...= $$$$$. My close- knit village where I grew up has ceased to exist. The Village Pub, not the same, Benji's, not the same, gone are the days of the Pig n' Whistle, Kohl's food store with the upper level, Marc's Big Boy, Kemp's and Capitol Drugs, Jorgenson's Candy, Beverly Drug's penny candy, Heyek's, Shorewood Inn, George Webb's, Matt Rech's Mobil full service gas station, A&P, 31 Flavor's(aka Baskin Robbins), Tuttle's, and so, so, so much more!!!!!!!!!! Any more questions???

AND NOT TO FORGET ATWATER BEACH...THE ORIGINAL PATH TO HIKE UP & DOWN, THE ORIGINAL BEACH HOUSE WITH A FREE RINSE OFF SHOWER, FOOD, AND THE ROOFTOP WHEN YOU WERE OLD ENOUGH TO BE ACCEPTED!!!

Studies from Missouri and Georgia show that less than 5% of teachers who leave teaching for a non-education job make more than the minimum teaching wage. Furthermore, in Missouri, women who quit teaching earned just 73% as much as their teaching wage in their new non-teaching job. (http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/10/assessing-the-compensation-of-public-school-teachers)

It is a MYTH that teachers can leave teaching and make more at a non-teaching job.

As a matter of fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports state Secondary, Middle, and Elementary school teachers are the highest paid public employee in the State of Wisconsin. I know, I know nobody in this forum and especially in Shorewood believe this is true. But, yes it is true. AND, the BLS is run and operated by Obama appointees. Here is the report from the Liberal college of Columbia's research. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/see/events/HowDoesTeacherPayCompare.pdf

Even "Teacher's World" acknowledged that teachers are the highest paid employees in states based on an hourly wage because of the "ACTUAL" hours worked. http://www.teacher-world.com/articles/benefits-of-being-a-teacher.html

"It may come as a surprise, but this study also found that teachers enjoyed a higher hourly pay rate than everyone except business and financial management employees.** " http://www.teacher-world.com/articles/benefits-of-being-a-teacher.html

This website for promoting teaching as a career uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers to promote the fact that teachers are the highest paid employees.
Learn the truth.