As time runs out on the use federal COVID-19 relief funding, Wisconsin school districts are in a peculiar spot: The funds have eased, but also complicated, districts’ financial positions.
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Maddie Faull, a village builder with Sandburg Elementary School, talks with fourth-grader Akyia Rodgers during an art class. With the help of one-time federal funds, 55 village builder positions were added across 22 Madison schools.
The Madison School District is among a growing number of schools turning to one-time federal ESSER dollars to pay for construction projects, using $15 million to replace HVAC systems at its high schools.
Courtney Cates, project manager for J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.’s renovation and expansion work at La Follette High School in Madison, walks between new and existing heating systems in the boiler room of the school.
The Madison School District will have to find new ways to keep paying for about 55 new support staff positions known as village builders, such as Jeremiah Covington, pictured here, once its federal funding runs out.
PHOTOS: Madison kindergartners, masked up and ready to learn
Madison Metropolitan School District superintendent Carlton Jenkins greets kindergartners as they arrive for the first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School in Madison, Tuesday morning.
School mascot, Maisey the Mustang, gets help navigating the stairs as kindergartners arrive for the first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School.
Instructional coach Tom Loomis welcomes kindergarteners as they arrive at Midvale Elementary School.
A hand-painted sign reminds students to mask up on the first day of in-person learning at Midvale.
Tom Loomis greets kindergartener Kia-Monae Brown as she arrives for school in a mask and face shield.
Both Cindy Green and school mascot, Maisey the Mustang, wear masks while greeting kindergartners on the first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School.
Teacher Ms. Abby greets her student, Maverick Ya, as his mother, Mainou Vang, drops him off at Midvale Elementary School.
Tom Loomis guides kindergarteners as they get off of the bus at Midvale Elementary School.
Kindergartners arrive for the first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School in Madison, Tuesday morning.
Tom Loomis waves to the school bus as kindergarteners arrive for their first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School.
Madison Metropolitan School District superintendent Carlton Jenkins greets kindergartner Audrey Isaac and her father Paul Isaac as they arrive for the first day of in-person learning at Midvale Elementary School.
