Teachers are making the move to Wyoming from Idaho as pay gets higher in the state. Idaho. Gary Dustin moved his family from Idaho wherte he worked at Rigby Junior High School. Dustin moved to Star Valley High School in Afton, Wyo., where his pay jumped by $25,000 to $57,000 a year. Natural gas, coal and oil have made Wyoming wealthy over the past few decades — and a sizable portion of that money goes to the education system. That enables places like Star Valley to offer salaries, benefits and resources that are tough to top. Jon Abrams, superintendent of Lincoln County School District 2, which includes Star Valley High School, spent five years working in eastern Idaho schools before moving to Wyoming. He said the state's willingness to invest in education was a big part of what drew him away from Shelly and Idaho Falls.
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