We barely get paid enough to support our families and now we have to pay extra fees to the bank to cover the money that is not there.”

The spokesperson adding that they apologize for the delay in payroll and will be using this opportunity to assess and improve going forward.

Officials say the monthly checks that were supposed to be sent on Friday morning will not be available until Jan. 29.

Educators in Henry County haven’t gotten a paycheck in more than a month. The school district said it was forced to move payday to this coming Wednesday because of snowy weather.

Employees tell 11Alive they were caught off guard when they got an email informing them their payroll would be five days late due to the storm.