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CANFIELD The South Range school board this week approved a one-year continuation of its contract with the classified union.
The board approved the contract with the South Range Classified Employees Association effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 at the same terms as the current one. Negotiations for a new three-year contract will begin in the fall.
The board last month approved the same agreement with the teachers union. Schools Superintendent Bethany Carlson said at that time considering the pandemic and the uncertainty it brings, the best decision is to hold steady until the following year.
In other business, the board approved three-year administrative contracts to Steve Matos, elementary principal and grants coordinator, and Shari Lewis, director of instruction and student services, effective Aug. 1, 2021 through July 32, 2014.
The United States set a double record on Wednesday registering more than 3,700 deaths and over 250,000 new Covid-19 cases in just 24 hours, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.
With the new reported fatalities, the death toll in the US has now reached more than 307,291.
The country has seen a spectacular spike in Covid infections for more than a month now, with some 113,000 people currently hospitalised due to the virus, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
The numbers far outpace the rest of the world. About five percent of the US population has contracted the virus, or about 17 million people.