Title: Interactive Map: Average Teacher Salaries In Colorado – CBS Denver
Headings: Interactive Map: Average Teacher Salaries In Colorado
Interactive Map: Average Teacher Salaries In Colorado
By Mark Ackerman

Content: Just across the street from Cherry Creek, Englewood closed schools Monday because so many of their teachers took part in the protest. “I have 36 students in my classroom in Englewood and that’s because of funding,” said fourth grade teacher Sara Spala. But as far as salary goes, Englewood was in the middle of the pack averaging 53,000 per year. Close to Jefferson County at $57,000, Douglas County at $53,000 and Denver at $50,000. Compare that to rural schools on the Easter Plains. Teachers in the Woodlin Schools average a state low- $29,000, roughly forty thousand dollars less than teachers in Boulder or Cherry Creek earn. “We can’t say that we are a state that educates all of its students if only some districts have the money and other, especially rural districts are making $25,000 a year and working three different jobs,” said Cherry Creek teacher Dan Halvorsen. “ It’s ridiculous. It’s not fair.” MORE NEWS: