COVID sick leave is extended

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With COVID-19 surging, the Evangeline Parish School Board Executive Committee voted to extend COVID sick leave by five days for all employees. The federal government ended COVID sick days on December 31, 2020, and the school board extended those days until June 30, 2021. A total number of 203 employees used 1,172.5 such days during that time, which cost the school board a total of $268,539.48…

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