DeSoto and Caddo school employees are line to get an extra paycheck in appreciation of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The DeSoto Parish School Board will vote tonight on a recommendation from Superintendent Clay Corley to pay all employees $1,500. The Budget and Finance Committee signed off on the plan last week.
The supplement will cost the district about $1.5 million, with the funds coming out of the current budget. The checks will be cut March 25 if approved.
Caddo Parish School Board members will consider a proposal at its March 23 meeting to give a one-time supplement of $1,000 to all full-time employees who worked 90 percent of their required days. Employees would get the money in June as a separate check.
BOSSIER CITY, La. Starting Monday, Feb. 8, more people will be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Louisiana, including people older than 65. But Gov. John Bel Edwards is already talking about the next phase of the vaccine rollout: prioritizing teachers. We do want to get our teachers vaccinated as soon as we can, said Gov. Edwards during his Thursday briefing. They are the next order of priority.
Though he did not specify a date to begin vaccinating educators, the governor s announcement is welcome news to teachers throughout Louisiana. Parishes have been making plans for weeks, since teachers around the nation have been asking to get vaccinated.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Zayden Taylor a straight-A student at Parkway High School in Bossier City is also a linebacker on the junior varsity football team.
The 15-year-old sophomore, like thousands of students across the ArkLaTex, followed through with the football season during the coronavirus pandemic. Zayden is the healthiest kid I know. He did not have any health conditions, said his mother, Army Staff Sgt. Taricka Taylor, who is an active duty recruiter, was contacted in November by Bossier Parish Schools. I got a call from the school saying he had been exposed, Taricka Taylor said.
Zayden Taylor