ALBION — A collaborative effort to provide before- and after-school care for Central Noble students has hit a snag — finding someone to be there before and after school to
ALBION — The Central Noble school board approved a partnership Monday that should help alleviate some of the pressure on the day care issues plaguing Noble County.
ALBION â Nothing has been set in stone, but the Central Noble School Corp. has a tentative plan of what to do with its Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund monies â add staff.
Congress created the fund to address the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the website curriculumassociates.com, Indiana received $214.4 million in emergency ESSER I funds, another $888.1 million as part of the ESSER II funding, and an additional $1.9 billion as part of the ESSER III funding.
During Tuesdayâs regularly scheduled school board meeting, corporation business manager Ty Osenbaugh told the board the corporation had spent its ESSER I funding of $172,000. According to Osenbaugh, the lionâs share of that money went to pay the substitute teachers the corporation had to use due to teacher absences in the wake of the virus.