Since it appears my post started this salary debate, I'd like to clarify:
I think there are good and bad teachers getting overpaid. I think there are good and bad teachers getting underpaid.
My point was that these particular teachers, from one of the more affluent areas of Idaho, are certainly paid more than the Walmart greeter or the average grocery clerk around here, who is closer to $10/hr than $20/hr.
Those low paid people are going to their jobs every day, and, IMO, are at a much greater risk for the virus because they interact with people from everywhere, including out of state travelers. The teachers are interacting with the same group of kids for the entire school year, or semester, depending on grade. They have a much smaller potential infection pool, and schools are much more stringent about PPE and distancing than the stores I mentioned. Not to mention, the teachers themselves are not self-isolating. They are going to the grocery store, out to eat where they take their masks off, etc.
So in the case of this particular group of teachers, it seems more about some Idaho Education Association politics or similar than getting the virus, and their refusal to go to work is at odds with their everyday lives, and also selfish, considering all the low paid service workers that are doing their jobs.