More Palm Beach County school employees receive COVID-19 vaccine
More Palm Beach County school employees receive COVID-19 vaccine By Josh Navarro | March 15, 2021 at 7:35 AM EDT - Updated March 15 at 10:30 AM
Teachers and staff at Palm Beach County schools were able to get vaccinated once again Sunday.
It is the latest effort by the School District of Palm Beach County in the fight against COVID-19.
Lines moved smoothly at John I. Leonard High School in Greenacres.
It was one of the four walk-up vaccine sites put on by the school district.
The district received 5,000 vaccines of the single Johnson & Johnson shot. The clinic is also open for school employees at private and charter schools who qualify.
Palm Beach County teachers expected to get pay raises
Palm Beach County teachers expected to get pay raises By Stephanie Susskind | January 13, 2021 at 7:46 AM EST - Updated January 13 at 10:22 AM
The Palm Beach County School Board on Wednesday is expected to approve an agreement between the School District of Palm Beach County and the Classroom Teachers Association which will result in teacher pay raises.
The bump in pay will be retroactive to July of last year.
According to the agreement, the starting salary for new teachers will go up from about $41,000 to $47,500.
The increase is part of a new state law increasing the starting pay for teachers.