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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Get Ready for Open Enrollment: Attend an Info Session!
You’ve heard the news … Open Enrollment begins Monday, August 1. To help you prepare, Human Resources encourages you to attend one of four info sessions next week. Come learn about our new medical/dental/prescription drug administrator (Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield) and the available plans, including our new Consumer Driven Plan with Health Savings Account. Continue reading
Woodbrook Educator Leslie Wills-Taylor Receives Teaching Tolerance Award
Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, recently announced five recipients of the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching. Among the 2016 winners is Woodbrook Elementary’s Leslie Wills-Taylor.
benefitsFOCUS: Open Enrollment info sessions next week!
What’s the BIG news?
In last week’s benefitsFOCUS, we told you that effective October 1, 2016, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will be partnering with Albemarle County and Albemarle County Public Schools to provide administration of our medical, prescription drug, and dental benefits coverage for our covered members. We are excited about this new partnership and the enhanced services they’ll provide our members. Next week, we’ll be offering some information sessions to introduce you to Anthem and our plan options for next year: Continue reading
The International & ESOL Office Has Moved!
The International & ESOL office has officially moved to its new location at the Northside Library! The International & ESOL Welcome Center welcomes new international families to our schools and programs, registers families for school, provides language interpreters and translation services, and facilitates professional learning. You can assist us with spreading the word about our new location by sharing this flyer with families who come in contact with or ask about our office. We always recommend that families call our Welcome Center (434-296-6517) prior to dropping by, since staff may be out at schools or assisting other families.
benefitsFOCUS: BE informed about coming benefits options and BE ready for Open Enrollment in August!
What’s the BIG news?
Effective October 1, 2016, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will partner with Albemarle County and Albemarle County Public Schools to provide medical, prescription drug and dental benefits coverage for our covered members. With Anthem, you will have access to a nationwide PPO network and see greatly enhanced member services (including educational tools like videos, web-based cost comparison tools, mobile apps and online physician consultations—giving members 24-hour a day access to a physician at one low flat fee). We’re very excited about this change and look forward to introducing you to your new Anthem benefits in the coming weeks! Continue reading
Policy Updates: May & June 2016
Albemarle County Public Schools maintains over 600 policies. Our policies are locally developed through our work with the Virginia School Boards Association and they are tied to Virginia Code. Several are locally developed. Our policies translate our core values of excellence, young people, community and respect into the backbone of our daily operations and aspirations for students. You can stay up-to-date on policy revisions, additions and deletions through the ACPS website! View the May & June 2016 policy updates (ACPS login required).
Two Days Left to Donate Items for WV Flood Victims
The Jefferson Area Motor Squad is collecting donations for the victims of the recent devastating flooding in West Virginia. Drop-off locations have been established throughout the County to collect supplies. Items will be collected through Thursday, July 7, at which time members from the squad will deliver the aids to West Virginia to be distributed.
Donation boxes will be set up in the following locations until July 7, 2016: Continue reading
Paper Paystubs Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past
Albemarle County local government and schools have considered the efficiencies and savings of transitioning away from paper paystubs to online paystubs. Albemarle County already provides every employee with online (paperless) paystubs through a secure website (Greenshades), and effective August 31, 2016, paper paystubs will no longer be distributed. Learn more »