Welcome to the YES! Weekly Pop
Quiz, where we ask politicians and
public servants about their jobs. This
week we address questions to members
of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School Board to see how much
they know about starting teacher salary,
SAT scores and the state’s current
dropout rate. The rules are simple: no
research, no callbacks.
QUESTIONS
What is the starting teacher salary in North Carolina?
What is the (annual) dropout ratestatewide?
What is the highest possible score on the SAT? ACT?
Geneva Brown,
District 1
I don’t know. [X]
1600. I don’t know. [X]
I don’t know. [X]
Marilyn Parker,
District 2
$24,000 [X]
2400. 30 [Partial credit]
33 percent [X]
Victor Johnson Jr.,
District 1
$23,000 [X]
1600. I don’t know. [X]
30 percent [X]
Jill Tackabery,
District 2
$27,000 [X]
2,400. I don’t know. [Partial credit]
30 percent [X]
Jeannie Metcalf,
District 2
$25,000 [X]
2400. I don’t know. [Partial credit]
10 percent [X]
ANSWERS
The starting salary for teachers in North Carolina depends on level of education. Bachelor’s degree with certification with zero years of experience: $30,430. Master’s degree with certification with zero years of experience: $33,470.
SAT: 2400; ACT: 36.
During the 2006-2007 school year the NC Department of Public Instruction reported that 23,550 students, or 5.24 percent, dropped out. The state’s most recent recorded attrition rate — that is, high school freshmen entering in academic year 2003-2004 that did not graduate with their
class — is 30 percent.
