Salt Lake City School District currently pays new teachers $45,000 a year. I got this information from a recent column by Tribune colleague Robert Gehrke.
Note: Robert is smart, way smarter than me, and he also researches his subjects, but that doesn’t make him a total expert.
What Robert failed to mention was where this $45,000 ranked compared to the official poverty level in Utah. Would $45,000 support a family of, oh, say, three? The three being two adults and either a small child unable to work or a large child who miserably failed to launch.