Warsaw Schools Passes Resolutions To Help Staff During Pandemic
March 23, 2020 at 11:35 p.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
The first resolution dealt with the WCS support staff so WCS can pay its hourly employees their regular pay.
“While our school buildings here at Warsaw schools are closed, the education here is not,” WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said. Some jobs may have changed and some people may be on-call or doing other things, he said, such as calling students every week and making sure their basic and academic needs are being met.
“Traditionally, school systems are governed by the State Board of Accounts. And that means that hourly employees have to work their set number of hours to be paid for that without being considered ghost employment,” Hoffert said. “We understand there are some hardships that are going on right now; we understand that a lot of this is outside of our control.”
The second resolution dealt with allowing WCS to go on as necessary, even if the school board cannot meet because of the coronavirus epidemic.
“The resolution we proposed for the school district to adopt tonight is really designed for Dr. Hoffert or one of his designees to be able to address” any issues that happens without having to wait for or convene a school board meeting, said WCS attorney Timothy Shelly of Warrick & Boyn LLP. “Nobody’s quite sure when that next school board meeting will happen.”
The school board also approved the separation of Lincoln Elementary School Principal Cathy Snyder at the end of this school year.
Hoffert said Snyder has been at Lincoln for 18 years. Board President Heather Reichenbach said she has been with the school district for 35 years.
Hoffert said the search for a replacement has already begun and a decision may be made sometime in April.
In other business, the school board learned:
• A little over 1,000 students a day have received meals from WCS.
“That happens at the drop-off locations and now it’s happening door to door,”?Hoffert said. “We want to make sure no student goes hungry during this time.”
• Over 500 Boomerang Backpacks delivered by school buses went out last week.
• WCS has created wifi hotspots in places with WCS school buses.
“We have even situated school buses so we have overlapping wifi in neighborhoods,” Hoffert said. “This is not something we have normally or traditionally had to do.”
• For any parents that have questions, updates will be on the WCS website at www.warsawschools.org.
The first resolution dealt with the WCS support staff so WCS can pay its hourly employees their regular pay.
“While our school buildings here at Warsaw schools are closed, the education here is not,” WCS Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert said. Some jobs may have changed and some people may be on-call or doing other things, he said, such as calling students every week and making sure their basic and academic needs are being met.
“Traditionally, school systems are governed by the State Board of Accounts. And that means that hourly employees have to work their set number of hours to be paid for that without being considered ghost employment,” Hoffert said. “We understand there are some hardships that are going on right now; we understand that a lot of this is outside of our control.”
The second resolution dealt with allowing WCS to go on as necessary, even if the school board cannot meet because of the coronavirus epidemic.
“The resolution we proposed for the school district to adopt tonight is really designed for Dr. Hoffert or one of his designees to be able to address” any issues that happens without having to wait for or convene a school board meeting, said WCS attorney Timothy Shelly of Warrick & Boyn LLP. “Nobody’s quite sure when that next school board meeting will happen.”
The school board also approved the separation of Lincoln Elementary School Principal Cathy Snyder at the end of this school year.
Hoffert said Snyder has been at Lincoln for 18 years. Board President Heather Reichenbach said she has been with the school district for 35 years.
Hoffert said the search for a replacement has already begun and a decision may be made sometime in April.
In other business, the school board learned:
• A little over 1,000 students a day have received meals from WCS.
“That happens at the drop-off locations and now it’s happening door to door,”?Hoffert said. “We want to make sure no student goes hungry during this time.”
• Over 500 Boomerang Backpacks delivered by school buses went out last week.
• WCS has created wifi hotspots in places with WCS school buses.
“We have even situated school buses so we have overlapping wifi in neighborhoods,” Hoffert said. “This is not something we have normally or traditionally had to do.”
• For any parents that have questions, updates will be on the WCS website at www.warsawschools.org.
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