Board Approves Contract Renewals for 135 Interim Employees

Interim employees learned last month that staff was delaying a request to renew their contracts

Contact: Haley Miller (336) 370-3200
Created: 7/7/2009 8:30:22 PM

The board approved Tuesday to renew contracts for 135 interim licensed employees and two classified employees that worked in the district during the 2008-09 school year.

Last month, 578 interim employees were notified that Guilford County Schools (GCS) had delayed bringing their contracts to the board for renewal due to the uncertainty of the budget situation.

“Right now, we are confident that these 135 employees will have positions with the district during the 2009-10 school year,” said Shirley Morrison, interim chief human resources officer. “We hope we will be able to notify the remaining interim employees of their contract status within the next few weeks, depending on decisions made at the state level.”

Interim employees are those individuals who serve on a temporary contract, which is revisited annually. They are provided a contract that stipulates a beginning and ending of their employment status (June 16 or the last day of school). Interim employees include those who are not in fulltime positions; have been employed for less than 120 days; are on emergency, provisional or lateral entry licenses; are retirees; or are Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teachers.

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