Opinion
Taylor Budowich is the founder and president of Innovation Council.
TL;DR
- Teachers in Richland Parish, Louisiana, received bonus checks up to $50,000, a 400% increase from last year.
- The increased bonuses are funded by tax revenue from Meta's new five-gigawatt data center.
- Meta's first sales-tax payment of over $22 million exceeded the parish's prior annual tax collection.
- For the first time in 30 years, every teacher interviewed by the school district is fully certified.