EAST LANSING — East Lansing Public Schools teachers and staff left school Friday holding envelopes containing hand-written notes from the superintendent and something the district hadn’t seen for decades: bonuses.

School district officials reviewed the 2018-19 school year’s year-end audit and found a healthy $687,000 surplus. School board members approved Superintendent Dori Leyko’s recommendation to spend $394,000 to reward the teachers and staff members who make the schools run.

Source: East Lansing Public Schools employees get $394,000 in bonuses