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Lafourche School Board to consider one-time stipend for teachers
Teachers in Lafourche public schools could see a bigger paycheck next month if the School Board approves a proposed $1,000 stipend.
The Lafourche Parish School Board is set to vote on the measure Wednesday which would give the district’s 900 teachers a one-time $1,000 payment in May. The measure was already approved by the district’s Finance Committee.
Superintendent Jarod Martin said it isn’t the first time that teachers have been given a stipend, but this one comes at a time when it is needed the most.
“We’ve been able to manage in-person learning, virtual learning and hybrid learning from the start of the school year during a year when many school districts couldn’t even get off the ground in terms of providing any kind of quality instruction to the kids,” he said. “Our teachers in Lafourche Parish have been able to offer in-person learning that was uninterrupted for the most part. When i
Though teachers in Terrebonne and Lafourche are now eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, getting large numbers of teachers inoculated isn’t going to be a quick process, officials said.
As of Monday, teachers, school-support and daycare staff have been given the green light to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Teachers, school support staff and daycare employees have played a critical role throughout this pandemic and their safety is important to our continued recovery, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday. Thanks to continued increases in the availability of vaccine doses to the state of Louisiana from our federal partners, I am confident that now is the right time to continue to expand eligibility.