Yes, all regular employees will be paid during the emergency closure, as the MISD Board of Trustees passed a resolution to this effect on March 16, 2020.

The following employee groups are considered “regular” employees and will be paid during this emergency closure:

• Custodians
• Maintenance employees
• Student Nutrition employees, not including substitutes
• Transportation employees, not including substitutes
• Police employees
• Distribution employees
• Campus personnel, including teachers, aides, clerical staff, counselors, administrators, other professionals
• District personnel, including clerical staff and professional staff
• QUEST site supervisors

No. Regular employees will receive compensation for the number of hours of their primary assignment only during this period of emergency closure.

Nonexempt (hourly) employees who are called upon to work will be paid at a premium rate of pay.  Premium rate of pay is defined as time and one-half the regular rate of pay. Please note that an employee is only approved to work if directly contacted by a member of the Superintendent's Cabinet to do so.

Example of pay calculation: If a custodian normally works 40 hours per week at a rate of $10 per hour, he or she would receive 40 hours of regular pay (40 hours x $10/hour = $400) during closure. If the custodian then works 10 hours during closure, pay would be calculated in the following manner:

30 hours x $10  = $300
10 hours x $15* = $150     *$10 x 1.5 (time and one-half) = $15 per hour
40 hours            = $450

No. Only permanent employees will be paid during the emergency closure. Board Policy DEA (LOCAL) allows the Board to resolve to compensate idled regular employees during an emergency closure. Substitutes, tutors and other employees considered part-time/temporary are not regular employees.

A few long-term substitutes could be asked to deliver online instruction to students. In these cases, these substitutes will be paid. No other substitute teachers will be paid during this emergency closure.

Yes. Any regular employees who were officially scheduled by Human Resources to begin work during the emergency closure will be compensated.

The necessary forms along with instructions can be found on the Payroll Docs & Forms webpage.

Any professional employee who is not able or chooses not to fulfill his or her assigned duties during the emergency closure must enter absences in Skyward. Otherwise, employees must not enter absences during this period.

Paraprofessionals: Please do not add any hours to your timesheet as the system has been setup to build non-work hours.

Auxiliary workers: Hours will be entered by the Payroll Department to be paid for normal scheduled hours. Please do not add any hours unless you are working.

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires certain employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. These provisions will apply from April 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. Read more about it here (en español).

Any employees needing to change their insurance benefits due to a qualifying event, please email benefits@misdmail.org.

The MISD Teacher Job Fair (PK-12) is going to be completely conducted online through Zoom, a remote conferencing service, that will allow us to interview potential candidates while also practicing social distancing.

In-person job fairs originally scheduled for April 28, May 5 and May 6 have ALL been rescheduled for the May 6 virtual job fair. More information is available here.

Parents can call 817-702-1100 for assistance with a tele-health appointment. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.