The additional months of employment are used to provide intervention instruction to students requiring supplemental and/or intensive support to accelerate learning for students who may have missed opportunities for learning due to the pandemic. The work is performed in conjunction with the Intervention Team Facilitator/Coordinator and the classroom teacher. This teacher may cross-collaborate with a variety of stakeholders such as ESL, AIG, and Counseling to ensure supported students receive opportunities to advance.

WCPSS is building toward a 1:1 program (1 device:1 student) in part so that the district is better able to respond and maintain continuity of learning should another closure occur.  This movement toward a 1:1 program requires additional human capital to support students and parents to ensure that all students and parents have equitable access to technology and digital resources. 

Due to the pandemic, there is a rise in the service level supports for digital tools.  This team oversees the management of Google suite, Office 365, Canvas (all Learning Management systems), as well as Classlink (our WakeID portal), and the Digital Resource Product Library. 

In-person instruction in core and enrichment activities. Funding will be used to pay personnel, including teachers, bus drivers, and cafeteria workers.

Funding is used for nurses, social workers, counselors, and psychologists.  As well as, community partnerships, mental health contract services, suicide prevention, social-emotional learning sessions offered to families, and supplies and software.

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

• All employees: third and final retention & recognition bonuses of $1,250 each, payable in November of 2022. 

• LETRS elementary teachers: Bonus payment to teachers who complete and master the state-required LETRS training up to $2,000 for K-5 and $1,000 for Pre-K.

​​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).

One Building Substitute position will be allotted to each school. Positions will be 12 months at year-round schools and 10 months at all other calendar schools. (197 schools ​received one full-time Permanent Building Substitute).

Purchase of Personal Protection Equipment including masks, hand sanitizer, and gloves, as well as disinfecting products and services.  Custodial non-routine cleaning and supplies to maintain school cleanliness above the routine service contracts.

Funding is used for the maintenance and upkeep of existing HVAC equipment.  Supports the purchase of upgraded MERV-13 filters for HVAC equipment.

• Funds to maintain district operations to support building maintenance and utilities.

• Positions to support the fiscal compliance and monitoring of ESSER/ARP funds.

• Indirect costs