Salt Lake Tribune · Oct 16, 2017
Are Utah teachers getting ‘poached’ by wealthier school districts?
Amid statewide educator shortage, Tooele school superintendent says his district is a victim of teacher “shopping” by administrators from other Wasatch Front areas.
(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) As Utah's shortage of teachers worsens, some school officials report a rising trend of intra-district competition to hire and retain educators.He might tell you about two employees who left the district the day before classes started this fall. Or Rogers could mention the teacher who, in mid-April, bade goodbye to students on a Thursday and reported to work in a Salt Lake County classroom the following Monday.