School employees get bonuses

Employees throughout Sweetwater County School District No. 2 will receive a surprise Friday.

The school board approved a series of one time stipends to employees during their meeting Tuesday night, which will be paid out Friday. The stipends were approved as a budget amendment to the 2018-2019 budget, which expires at the end of June.

According to board documents, the total cost of the stipend is $928,000 and are based off of 4 percent of the overall salary total within an employee group.

Teachers will receive $2,400 Friday, while hourly employees will receive 65 cents per hour for the empl...