Two male teachers claim bias in southwestern Pennsylvania school

Two male teachers say they’re unfairly paid less than females with similar experience in a Pittsburgh-area school district.
A federal lawsuit filed Thursday says Steel Valley School District has a policy of hiring new teachers at the bottom rung of the pay scale.
Teachers Clay Karadus, of Munhall, and Steven Large, of Elizabeth Township, say that’s what happened to them even though Karadus had seven years’ experience and large had five.
But they claim female teachers are hired at a higher wage.
The district’s attorney, Donald Fetzko, denies the allegations. He says the suit is based on one “cherry-picked” example: a female teacher with seniority who left the district and was later retired with her seniority pay intact.
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