Teacher salary wars has devolved to 'cannibalism,' superintendent says

SALT LAKE CITY — The Tooele School District started the school year with 13 substitute teachers because it has been unable to fill teaching vacancies after neighboring school districts raised starting teacher pay to $40,000 a year and above.Some 15 percent of Tooele District teachers have alternative forms of teacher certification because the school district, which dug into its reserves to raise starting teacher pay by $4,000 to $37,000 a year, could not compete for teachers who have been