CHARLOTTE — On Tuesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board of Education approved another round of retention bonuses for district workers.
Channel 9 first reported on the bonuses last year when the district started offering them.
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Wake County approved the same amount in late 2021 for its employees -- that’s where the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators got this figure.
Full-time workers will get $5,000, and part-time employees, $2,500. Substitute teachers would be included as part-time employees and bus drivers and cafeteria workers are also eligible.
The bonuses will come later this month and again in November.
$49 million would come from federal COVID-19 aid to cover the costs.
CMS told Channel 9 in December it had more than 800 resignations this school year alone. The bonuses aim to address that issue.
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