Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Alexandra Estrella wrote to teachers Thursday that she understands why they are frustrated to learn in November that a second $2,000 bonus is not coming.
The district told employees Monday that the one-time payment, called a retention bonus because it is meant to help keep workers on the job, depended on state money. The Georgia Department of Education said the state already paid one $2,000 bonus but never put a second one in the state’s new budget.
“I also recognize the frustration of receiving this information at this point in the year,” Estrella wrote in a letter to teachers obtained by Channel 2 Action News.
She said the district hoped more money would come through, but it did not. Estrella started July 1, after the budget was approved and the bonus decisions were made, according to her letter…