Canon-McMillan Bringing Back Furloughed Employees

The Canon-McMillan School District held a special voting session on Thursday night. In the brief meeting the school board voted to eliminate most part time positions and bring back employees that were furloughed when school buildings closed late last year because of Covid-19 concerns. According to Superintendent Michael Daniels, the motion will bring back district employees to a full time basis because the district is phasing in a four day a week in class student schedule. That schedule began on January 5. In an agenda setting board meeting immediately after the voting session, Assistant Superintendent Scott Chambers offered his observations of nearly two weeks of in class participation by students in grades kindergarten through four. He said all of the kids were excited to be back. They were happy to meet the kids that they have been having classes with for the first time. Chambers likened the experience to the first day of school, only in January. The district was quite pleased with the announcement from the Pennsylvania Dept of Education to recommend in class teaching for students by using the same data that the district used to make their decision and practice those guidelines for a week before the announcement from the state.