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By Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL Education Reporter
Cary, N.C. — Full-time Wake County Public School System employees will receive $3,750 in bonuses through this school year and the beginning of next year under a plan approved by the Wake County Board of Education on Tuesday night.
The bonuses are contingent on North Carolina Department of Public Instruction approval for using some of the funds being used.
The board approved the bonuses after many cafeteria workers called in sick Tuesday, in protest of low pay; they are among the district’s lowest paid employees.
Those bonuses aren’t enough for many employees, who have asked for higher wages and salaries and pay for extra work because of employee shortages.
“Why aren’t you making every effort to improve employee retention?“ Ana Stratis, a child nutrition services worker asked the board.
The district is paying for the bonuses using one-time federal COVID-19 stimulus money, totaling about one-fifth of the money the district received and more than a quarter of the money it has left. The rest of the stimulus funds are already committed under a plan approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The funds last through Sept. 30, 2024.
The bonuses will be paid out in three equal installments across two school years in 2022. Part-time employees will get pro-rated...
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