Funded purchase of Personal Protection Equipment including masks, hand sanitizer and gloves, as well as disinfecting products and services.

Expenditure to Date: $18.3M
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $6.2 million

Funded community distribution of more than 5 million meals and supported Child Nutrition Services during period of no meal sales.

Expenditure to Date: $12.4 million
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $1 million 

The Technology Services Division deployed over 130,000 devices using ESSER and Capital Improvement funds, along with the development of remote learning materials.

Funded salaries of teachers, assistant principals and clerical staff who supported Virtual Academy during the 2021-22 school year, and paid for implementation of N.C. Virtual Public School.

Expenditure to Date: $9.7M
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $6 million

Hired additional Instructional Support Technicians, who help students and parents effectively use technology, and Intervention Teachers who provide additional instruction to students who require supplemental support following the pandemic.

Other funding used for Digital Learning Resources, including Dreambox, iReady, Quaver Music, Instructure Canvas and Mackin Educational.

Expenditure to Date: $20M
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $10.1 million

More than 15,000 students received in-person instruction in core subjects, in addition to enrichment activities such as art and music. Funding was used to pay personnel, including teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria workers.

Expenditure to Date: $32.5 million
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $145,000

Provided funding for nurses, social workers, counselors and psychologists, as well as a variety of social-emotional learning sessions offered to families.

Expenditure to Date: $10.1 million
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $3.4 million

Funded bonuses to help recruit and retain employees, as the pandemic fundamentally changed the job market. 

• Bus drivers: $1,200 signing bonus, plus $400 after three months of employment and $800 after one year of employment.
• Special Education teachers: - $3,500 signing bonus, plus $1,750 after three months of employment and $1,750 in November 2022.
• Child Nutrition staff: Up to $1,350 retention bonus, payable June 2022
• All employees: three retention & recognition bonuses of $1,250 each, payable in January, May, and November of 2022 
  
  

Expenditure to Date: $38.2M
Planned Expenditures through June 30, 2022: $26.5 million

​​CARES, ESSER, ​and ARP state and federal funds were allocated to address the needs of special education students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, per the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

193 schools received one additional Assistant Principal month of employment.

193 schools ​received one full-time Permanent Building Substitute.

• Funds to maintain district operations to support building maintenance and utilities
• Position costs to directly support the fiscal compliance and monitoring of ESSER/ARP funds
• Indirect costs