[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]

You’re joking, right? The guy probably has a master’s degree, 10 years experience, is doing hard & important work in an in-demand profession. Good on him for making $8k/month, though the same creds at my (engineering) company would probably pay $9k/mo.