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Escambia School Employees Soon To Receive $1,000 For Pandemic Work – Except Teachers And Principals
November 18, 2021
Current Escambia County School District employees that worked during the last school year will soon receive an extra $1,000 — except for classroom teachers and principals.
Teachers and principals in the Florida previously received a $1,000 bonus from the state for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, the Escambia County School Board has approved $1,000 for other administrative, professional, instructional and educational support personnel that worked during the 2020-2021 school year, as long as they are still employed by the district.
“The School Board Members and I are so appreciative of the hard work and dedication exhibited by district employees during this most difficult of times. This is one of the ways we can communicate to everyone their commitment has not gone unnoticed, and we are grateful for their perseverance,” Superintendent Tim Smith stated. “It is our goal for the District to issue these payments before the close of the 2021 calendar year.”
To receive the $1,000 initiative payment, employees must have been actively employed on or before June 2, 2021, and be currently employed at the time payment is made.
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13 Responses to “Escambia School Employees Soon To Receive $1,000 For Pandemic Work – Except Teachers And Principals”
Yay!! Thank you and it’s much appreciated! Do y’all know how hard they worked to get us this pay..well thank you and we appreciate you too! Goes along way. Thank you!
What about county workers (ie, health department)? We never closed our office(s) during the entire pandemic and had a slew of COVID-19 cases as well. Can we get some hazard pay or a cash out too????!!!
Yard dog…. The bonus is relief money, not income, so not taxable.
River Rat. ESP= Educational Support Personnel.
@ Derick & Sherry Taylor -The term ESP stands for Employee Support Personal. This include Bus Drivers, Cafeteria workers, Custodians, Mechanics for Buses ect. To put it in plain language all the little worker bees in the back ground!
@ Derek, Haters have to hate. People these days can’t just be happy for someone else. They have to interject themselves in the conversation, no matter how ridiculous they might sound.
Here we go again, why don’t custodians get the bonus? what about the bus driver, what about the crossing guard, what about the guy who puts gas in the buses, what about the person who builds the buses, what about the people that work in the cafeteria, what about this and that….. maybe go to college four years or six years and literally work 10 hours a day and at home doing twice the work for remote teaching and then you can gripe about not getting a bonus! Teacher pay is and has been subpar for years!
What about the parents who stayed home during the home schooling and lost their jobs they deserve it more
REGARDING:
“I hope this includes custodial staff and bus drivers”
It does.
The teachers and principals received a check for $1,000 even. No taxes taken out. Will the employees mentioned in this article get a dedicated check for $1,000 or will they be paying taxes on a direct payroll deposit? Asking for a friend.
Yay! It’s only fair to those who also worked in tough conditions.
I much prefer seeing covid monies used to thank people for working vs continuing to give them money to stay home.
I hope this includes custodial staff and bus drivers. They are very important, also!!!