Refujia Lara has served as the Lead Custodian at Hopewell Middle School for the past 10 years. You’ll find her there bright and early each school day making sure that it is safe and clean for Hopewell students and staff.
HR Services to relocate to District Technology Center
HR Services, which includes the leave and benefits, compensation and staffing, and recruitment offices, is relocating from its current location at 100 Chisholm Trail Dr., Suite 400, to 7700 Cornerwood Drive in Round Rock. HR Services will share the building with Technology and Information Services. Regular business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays. HR Services offices are closed on District observed holidays.
Employee Work Perk – 15% off Round Rock ISD after school classes
District staff can receive a 15% discount when registering their child(ren) in after school classes. Round Rock ISD offers a wide variety of after-school classes for students in grades K through 12. Visit the registration portal to browse and register for Spring 2023 after-school classes that begin the week of January 23. Registration ends January 16.
Congratulations, November R.R.O.A.R. recipients
Congratulations to the Round Rock ISD staff members and departments who received a R.R.O.A.R this month. Sensational. You make it look easy.
It Pays to Refer Bus Drivers and Custodians
Do you know exceptional individuals who would be a great fit for our Round Rock ISD team as a bus driver or custodian? Refer them, and if they’re hired, you could earn up to $250. Beginning November 1, 2022, all active District employees who refer a new applicant or former Round Rock ISD employee to benefits-eligible Bus Driver and Custodian positions, who is subsequently hired, are eligible to receive a bus driver and custodian referral bonus.
Discover healthy recipes for your Thanksgiving meal
Visit Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Texas’s free online recipe site to find delicious, easy-to-follow recipes, helpful nutrition tips, and food preparation videos. You’ll find tasty and unique recipes to accommodate your family or guest’s health considerations, including, diabetes, carb-conscious, high blood pressure, sodium-conscious, heart-conscious, general health, vegetarian, high fiber entree, salad dressing, side dishes, dessert, and more options. Round Rock ISD employees enrolled in the BCBSTX District benefits plan can get nutrition questions answered when they login to “ask a dietician.”
See a Doctor 24/7 with Virtual Visits
If you or your family are Blue Cross® Blue Shield® of Texas members through District benefits and you get sick in the middle of the night, on weekends, or while traveling, you can see a doctor 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from wherever you are by mobile app, online video, or phone with a virtual visit.
Employee Spotlight | Yoliy Gamboa-Jones, Transportation
Yoliy is a supervisor in our Transportation Department. Her daily responsibility is to ensure that all bus drivers and monitors have the resources and training to successfully transport over 13,000 students to school and back home safely.
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Employees enrolled in the District’s benefits plan who are living with type II or type II have access to the Livongo for Diabetes Program, provided through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
The Livongo for Diabetes Program helps make living with type I or type II diabetes easier by providing you with a connected meter, unlimited strips, and coaching.
Leslie Price | FOCUS teacher, Grisham Middle School
Leslie is a Focus teacher for Grisham Middle School. Her role is to provide students and staff with guidance in evidence based practices to assist them in being successful with all their social, emotional and behavioral needs. She’s passionate about helping students and staff to provide them with guidance during difficult times.
Your healthcare services at your fingertips with the BCBSTX app
With the Blue Access Mobile app, employees participating in the District’s benefits plan can go mobile with their health care. Connecting to your health care services can help you prepare for the unexpected. Consider the advantages of having the app available if you’re in the doctor’s office and have questions about your deductible. Or if you or a family member needs to see a doctor in the middle of the night for a non-emergency condition.
Staff set to receive retention incentives in December
Eligible Round Rock ISD full and part-time employees will receive a retention incentive in their December 2022 paycheck. This incentive, paid for through ESSER funds, was approved as part of the 2022-2023 school year budget at the June 16 regular Board of Trustees meeting.
Regular full-time employees will receive $500, while part-time employees will receive $250. Any employee actively employed on Monday, Nov. 28, and who remains as an active employee through the end of the first semester is eligible to receive the retention incentive payment.