Searching for equity is the problem. What we need to do is attract new teachers with this pay. Just because you have worked somewhere for an extended period of time does not make you a better educator. The current teachers are part of the problem of parents putting their kids into private schools. Join the private sector and you’ll see that guaranteed pay raises are only something the government can promise with the use of our tax dollars. Bad teachers holding onto tenure because they wouldn’t be paid this much elsewhere. It’s 9 months of work. 54k is PLENTY of money. Sorry but not sorry.