Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

No, Waynet, I'm sorry you may have misunderstood. Those salary figures are not beginning step pay numbers, but the average high school teacher salaries at Central High School according to the school's superintendent. According to super. Supt. Frances Gallo in a Providence Journal article, "The average teacher’s salary at the high school ranges between $72,000 and $78,000 a year, because most are at the district’s top step . Union officials have been pushing for $90 per hour and want the district to pay for more of the additional responsibilities."