School board approves $1K stipend for all employees

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. All employees across the Jefferson County School District – teachers, staff, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and others – are set to receive a $1,000 stipend very soon. School board members unanimously approved the allocation at their regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 9. Action to process the payments is expected to proceed as quickly as possible, with disbursement hoped for by Nov. 10. In response to a question from District Board Member Bill Brumfield, Superintendent Eydie Tricquet explained, “In the beginning when we were talking about salaries and the budget had not been finalized, I requested that we freeze the salaries until we knew