[quote=kev374]
Considering Software Engineers with 10 years experience are being offered $70k salaries these days I think paying that to a high school teachers is ludicrous, it should be more like $30k considering it is only for 9 months of work.[/quote]
70k for a software engineer with 10 years of experience is well below average. Should be closer to 90-100.
70k for a teacher on a 9-month schedule is only possible if he/she has a master’s degree and 10-15 years of experience. A teacher with only a bachelor and 5 years would make closer to 45k.