Correspondent
The Fluvanna School Board voted unanimously in its Wednesday (April 14) meeting to give staff bonuses.
Full-time employees will get $500; permanent part-time employees will get $250. The bonuses will be issued as a separate check on April 22.
Superintendent Chuck Winkler advocated for the bonuses, saying, “The money is there.”
Winkler also suggested giving staff a 5 percent raise in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
The Board will vote on that change at the May 12 meeting.
Winkler said Fluvanna schools are getting $2.7 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds as part of federal coronavirus relief.
“We want to use this money to reduce class sizes,” he said. “We’ll also look at additional needs (social and emotional).”