Greenville County School Board Trustees will vote on Tuesday on two recommendations from the administration: The extension of COVID-19 leave through August and the distribution of a bonus to all school district employees.

“With the exception of health care, I believe the COVID pandemic has had a greater impact on education than maybe any other segment of society,” Superintendent W. Burke Royster said in a statement. “Our employees have been asked to innovate on a dime, learn, implement and monitor extensive protocols and procedures, selflessly respond to the basic needs of the community, create previously unknown attendance options, and serve as counselors and comforters, while fulfilling their duties using multiple in-person and remote platforms. All these have been accomplished while trusting that the protocols and mitigation factors we have in place are sufficient to protect them, their families, and their students.”