US TONIGHT. BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. IN OTHER NEWS, FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE PANDEMIC IS DRYING UP FOR SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION, CAUSING SOME SCHOOLS TO MAKE TOUGH CUTS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CALLED ESSER FUNDS OR THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS WERE SET UP DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC TO DEAL WITH THE LEARNING LOSS. THIS FEDERAL MONEY WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DISTRICTS, WHICH SOME USED TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, OR TO BUY NEW TECHNOLOGY. THAT MONEY WILL DRY UP AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, LEADING MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOLS TO LAY OFF SOME OF ITS STAFF. IT WAS VERY WELL SPENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ON PERSONNEL, TECHNOLOGY, UPGRADING HVAC SYSTEMS AND ALL THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. UH, BUT NOW YOU KNOW THAT MONEY’S GONE, AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE THINGS ROLLING WITHOUT THOSE DOLLARS. WELL, THE MONEY WAS BASED ON TITLE ONE. SO THE MORE KIDS ON FREE L
Dozens laid off at Middletown City Schools as pandemic-era funding ends this year
Updated: 4:37 PM EST Jan 17, 2024
Federal funding from the COVID-19 pandemic is drying up for several school districts in the Greater Cincinnati region, causing some schools to make tough cuts.Millions of dollars called ESSER funds, or the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds, were set up during and after the pandemic to deal with the learning loss.This federal money went directly to the school districts, which some used to hire more teachers and mental health professionals or to buy new technology.That money will now dry up at the end of this school year, leading Middletown City Schools to lay off some of its staff.”The money was very well spent throughout the county. On personnel, technology, upgrading systems and all things that needed to be done. But now, you know, the money’s gone, and we’re going to have to figure out ways to try to keep those things rolling without those dollars,” Superintendent of Butler County Educational Service Center Chris Brown said.The money was based on Title One, so the more kids who are on free and reduced lunch in a school district, the more money that school district received.
Federal funding from the COVID-19 pandemic is drying up for several school districts in the Greater Cincinnati region, causing some schools to make tough cuts.
Millions of dollars called ESSER funds, or the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds, were set up during and after the pandemic to deal with the learning loss.
This federal money went directly to the school districts, which some used to hire more teachers and mental health professionals or to buy new technology.
That money will now dry up at the end of this school year, leading Middletown City Schools to lay off some of its staff.
“The money was very well spent throughout the county. On personnel, technology, upgrading systems and all things that needed to be done. But now, you know, the money’s gone, and we’re going to have to figure out ways to try to keep those things rolling without those dollars,” Superintendent of Butler County Educational Service Center Chris Brown said.
The money was based on Title One, so the more kids who are on free and reduced lunch in a school district, the more money that school district received.
