markp8 hours agoLast Updated: May 11, 2021
Starting next fall, the Charles City School District will go high-tech to better track which buses students are riding to and from school.
The School Board Monday night approved the purchase of 18 iPads with Traversa software at a cost of about $56,000 over two years. Director of Operations Jerry Mitchell says the district will utilize pandemic funds available through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) program to acquire the system sooner than expected.
Mitchell says the system will also automatically update student’s contact information anytime there’s a change to their Powerschool profile. It will also help bus drivers better navigate when traveling to destinations for school activities out of town. He says the initial cost covers the equipment, software and training, and in year three the school then just pays for the data plan.
MARY PIEPER
Special to the Globe Gazette
Diane Niezwaag, who has spent her entire 37-year nursing career in the critical care unit at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, has a passion for helping people.
âThe important part of it (nursing) for me is that itâs a helping profession,â she said. âYou meet so many people at the lowest time of their life, and sometimes being able to be that little bit of sunshine for them or the caregiver that helps them, thatâs a very humbling experience.â
Because of her age, Niezwaag didnât work with COVID-19 patients when the pandemic hit more than a year ago. Instead, she concentrated on cardiac and trauma patients, leaving the other nurses free to focus on those with COVID.
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coloffmediaJanuary 13, 2021Last Updated: January 13, 2021
In the country, the ‘Families First Coronavirus Leave Act’ expired at the end of 2020. This act ensured that employees at schools and businesses would receive up to 80 hours of paid leave to provide for their employees in case they get the virus.
The Charles City School District discussed this act at Monday’s board meeting. Superintendent Mike Fisher informed the board that the law allows the school two options going forward:
Stop providing the support as of December 31st of 2020
Extend the paid leave through March 31st of 2021
The school decided to select option two and extend the benefits through March.