Masters is required in Massachusetts. Once she gets the degree she is supposed to have a 20-30k pay increase. Managing the degree while also working with larger class sizes and and now sharing another room with another teacher has been putting a lot of stress on her. The school committee contract initially offered a raise in salary for 3% to cover inflation and then reduced the raise to 1.5%. The state of the economy is hitting the teachers hard.

They have been a teacher for boston public schools for 4 years and a teacher at haverhill for about 2-3 years. She has stated to me that she is being payed 10k less than she should be but she is also in the process of completing her masters.

Yes $10k. My roommate who is a teacher in Haverhill is making ~$50k which is $10k less than even state average.