The teachers calculated that their year of hard work was worth 1.7 percent of the bonus for Carmel teachers.

An effective teacher in our school is worth just as much as an effective teacher in any other. And one test over only a few subjects, which the State of Indiana and the Department of Education continues to mismanage year after year, should not determine the effectiveness and worth of all of our teachers.'Įven with 46 teachers donating their bonuses, the sum of the donation is less than the bonus of a single Carmel teacher. 'We serve in a community greatly affected by poverty and hardship, and we show up every day, and we serve every student that walks through our doors. 'It is not encouraging to know our legislators feel that our work is worth such a small amount of money,' the teachers wrote in a statement posted online and circulated on social media Wednesday. Instead, more than 40 teachers will donate their bonuses to the Wayne Township Education Foundation, - 'an organization,' they said, 'that still believes and invests in our students, teachers, and community.' Some of Wayne Township's best teachers have decided not to accept their $42 bonuses from the state, saying the paltry check discourages teaching in disadvantaged districts and shows lawmakers don't value teachers in urban districts as much as those in wealthier ones.Ĭompared to the $2,422 bonus that Carmel's best teachers will receive, the $42 bonus felt like an insult to the work that they do, Wayne Township the teachers said, and an insult to the more impoverished community they serve.

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