{"id":333209,"date":"2026-07-08T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333209\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:29:09","slug":"how-would-a-pay-cut-affect-miami-dade-county-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333209\/","title":{"rendered":"How would a pay cut affect Miami-Dade County teachers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/MIA_SN1_9854.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"United Teachers of Dade President Antonio White, center, speaks during a town hall meeting at Miami Southridge Senior High School in Miami on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.\" alt=\"United Teachers of Dade President Antonio White, center, joined by United Teachers of Dade First Vice President Danielle Boyer, left, and United Teachers of Dade Treasurer Mindy Grimes-Festge, speaks about the collective bargaining for the contract as well as the referendum renewal during a town hall meeting moderated by former Florida State Senator Dwight Bullard, far left, at Miami Southridge Senior High School in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        United Teachers of Dade President Antonio White, center, speaks during a town hall meeting at Miami Southridge Senior High School in Miami on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                SAM NAVARRO<\/p>\n<p>            Special for the Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade voters will decide this November whether to retain a property tax that keeps teacher pay in line with national averages \u2014 between $60,000 and $70,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>Should the initiative fail, \u201cteacher salaries would drop significantly,\u201d Superintendent Jose Dotres <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/miami-dade\/article315813544.html\">told the Miami Herald<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of that vote, we want to hear from teachers in the Miami-Dade public school system, which includes charter schools, about how their household\u2019s finances are faring amid Miami\u2019s mounting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/article316106666.html\">affordability crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a Miami-Dade teacher, how are you feeling financially? At your current salary, do you struggle to get by? What would a pay cut mean for your household? We\u2019d love to hear your insights.<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t see the form below? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/531tpHFChkHdHvFB7\">Click here<\/a> to fill it out.<\/p>\n<p>  Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This story was produced with financial support from supporters including The Green Family Foundation Trust and Ken O\u2019Keefe, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners. The Miami Herald maintains full editorial control of this work.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/291285985\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Newsroom_Headshots_MJO_8.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Max Klaver\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United Teachers of Dade President Antonio White, center, speaks during a town hall meeting at Miami Southridge Senior&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-333209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}