Ann Arbor Public Schools has the 2nd highest per-pupil funding in the region. It pays its teachers the lowest starting salary of any comparable district. They've averaged a 0.7% salary schedule increase per year for 7 years. 99.6% just voted no on their contract.

I am an AAPS parent in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Please sign and share our petition for fair compensation for AAPS teachers. AAPS pays its teachers the lowest starting salary in the region despite receiving the 2nd highest per-pupil state funding. If a well-funded, high-performing district like Ann Arbor can underpay its teachers for decades without consequence, every school board in America is watching.

What that looks like in real life:

• Teachers working 2nd, 3rd jobs, driving Uber Eats and doing medical experiments, just to afford to teach our children here
• Teachers' salaries and benefits were cut to relieve a 2024 $20M AAPS budget shortfall, a crisis they did not create
• Starting BA teacher salary: $45,910 — lowest of any comparable district in the region
• Neighboring Plymouth-Canton gets $1,000 less per student and still pays teachers $3,370 more
• Neighboring Novi pays $10,000+ more per year with lower per-pupil funding
• Teachers pay 35% of health premiums
• 0.7% average annual salary schedule increase over 7 years while US inflation rose 27%
• Salary schedule frozen entirely from 2018 to 2022
• Ann Arbor receives the 2nd highest per-pupil state funding yet has the lowest starting salary in the region
• 99.6% of teachers voted no to a District 1.5% raise proposal

Ann Arbor has a chance to get this right and set a precedent for districts everywhere. We owe it to the teachers who show up every day for our children. Comment below to support the teachers.

Submitted May 4, 2026 at 11:24AM by Neither-Month-7402 https://ift.tt/x4Xmrgd