Throughout the summer, just like during the school year, all “regular” employees are paid at the end of each month, regardless of the type of work performed. (Any ACPS employee who uses Kronos is a “regular” employee.)
Payment for extra work will be deposited separately from the July and August direct deposits for your regular monthly salary. Continue reading
At its retreat on Friday, the Albemarle County School Board voted to reopen schools on Tuesday, September 8. Details around the opening of schools, including instructional schedules and school bus route information, are expected to be finalized by July 9. Continue reading
This is the first notice of a planned upgrade to Albemarle County’s time and attendance system to Kronos version 8.1.6 on the evening of July 9, 2020. Changes affecting end users are described below. Continue reading
Contracts were distributed to licensed teachers and administrators via ACPS email addresses on June 12. If you have not already returned your contract, please do so at this time. Signed contracts are due Friday, June 26. Continue reading
Dear School Employees:
As a long time employee of Albemarle County, I am absolutely honored and excited to be a part of this group and to make this announcement. This is a message I never thought I would get to write.
You may have heard: We have been working on putting together an LGBTQIA+ Affinity Group for Albemarle County Local Government and Schools. We have completed the chartering process with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and are excited to extend an invitation to interested members to connect. Continue reading
In case you missed it …
The school division has published a news release addressing two topics covered at this afternoon’s special COVID-19 meeting of the School Board—calendar options for the 2020-21 school year and guidance presented by the Return to School Task Force: Continue reading
Dear Colleagues:
It’s an honor to report that our School Board, in their meeting this afternoon, approved the addition of Juneteenth to our annual holiday schedule.
Juneteenth is a national celebration of a General Order that took effect in 1865 in Texas. This order mandated equality between slaves and slaveowners in the last slave-holding state in the union. Since then, Juneteenth has been celebrated as the end of the government sanction of slavery. Continue reading
Dear Colleagues:
As our planning for the coming school year begins to come into better focus, one option we are considering is delaying the start of the new school year until early September.
Our School Board initially approved a 2020-21 calendar in January with Wednesday, August 19, as the first day of school for students. Based largely on feedback from instructional staff that, under current conditions, extra time for planning and preparation would be beneficial, we drafted two additional calendar options for the coming school year. Continue reading
We are excited to announce that licensed teacher and administrator contracts for the 2020-2021 school year will be sent to you electronically this year! Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to innovate!
Contracts for licensed teachers and administrators will be sent to your ACPS work email address. They will be sent from “ACPS Contracts” (acpscontracts@albemarle.org) on Friday, June 12, after the School Board approves reappointments Thursday evening. Continue reading
Dear Colleagues:
We are expecting guidance this week from Governor Northam and the state department of education on how schools will operate in the new school year as we continue to take protective measures against the spread of COVID-19 illness. Among the options we are considering is delaying the start of school until September. Continue reading