BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – All of the workers working for Botetourt County Public Schools are going to get bonuses. During their meeting on Thursday night, the school board gave its unanimous approval to the measure.
Bonuses in the amount of $1,000 will be given to all full-time workers, while bonuses in the amount of $500 will be given to all part-time workers. The state is providing the funding for this.
“The state is using their ESSER funds to provide the funding to school divisions and have encouraged school divisions to use their ESSER funds to help fund the difference in state funding and total funding needed to provide bonuses to employees. The estimated total cost to provide this bonus to our employees is $793,918.75. The state funding being provided is $471,840.72. We are proposing the difference of $322,078.03 be funded using our ESSER III Funds,” said Brandon Lee, BCPS Director of Finance in a document included on the agenda.
“On behalf of Botetourt County Schools and all of our employees, I do want to thank you. I know it will be greatly appreciated,” Superintendent Dr. John Russ told the school board after they approved it.
Russ did note that the funds from the state would be available until 2024. However, in order to make these bonuses a reality, the BCPS will be pulling money from a number of different sources of state funding.
