Texarkana Independent School District will host a series of community workshops about the upcoming rollback election to raise teacher salaries.

“TISD greatly needs a higher pay scale for teachers in order to be more competitive in their recruitment efforts and to meet market demands,” said James Henry Russell, superintendent. “Average teacher salary for the state of Texas is $46,336 with the average teacher salary for our region at $39,702. Current teacher pay scale for TISD is $33,500 for a beginning teacher with a bachelor’s degree and $35,500 for a beginning teacher with a maste...

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