[Mail_supt] Calamity Days and Negotiations

[Julie Garke]

Isaac

This is what we negotiated this year:

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   1.

   An employee's work year shall consist of one hundred eighty-four (184)
   days. This includes the day of employees' meeting prior to the beginning of
   school (Orientation Day), the day for records and reports at the end of the
   year (Records Day), plus the one hundred eighty-two (182) days of school,
   of which two (2) days may be used for professional meetings.  The number
   of days scheduled under this Article shall not limit the District’s ability
   to require additional days worked to ensure compliance with the State
   minimum number of hours of instruction per year.  The District shall
   continue the practice of permitting up to five (5) calamity days per year,
   as long as the District remains in compliance with mandatory State minimum
   number of hours of instruction.  Employees shall not be required to
   report for duty during these first five (5) calamity days.  All
   employees shall be required to make up any calamity days beyond five (5) in
   a contract year.  These make-up day(s) may or may not involve the
   attendance of students.  If a student make-up day(s) is deemed necessary
   by the Superintendent then a make-up schedule will be developed by the
   Superintendent and communicated to both the Board and SHEA.  In the
   event that teachers are required to report on a day that school is
   cancelled for students, teachers shall not be required to report until
   10:00 a.m. and shall end their workday at 3:00 p.m.  Teachers will not
   be required to report to work if there is a Level 2 snow emergency ordered
   in Mercer County or the county in which a particular teacher resides.  In
   the event that a teacher is unable to attend because of a declared snow
   emergency, the teacher shall make arrangements with their principal to make
   up the day.

​Good Luck.

Julie Garke​

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Isaac Seevers <
isaac.seevers at greeneview.org> wrote:

> We are in the process of negotiating with our teachers. They have
> requested language that clarifies how we are handling calamity days going
> forward since the law has changed from days to hours and calamity days no
> longer are provided under the law. Our current certified language says they
> are paid to work 183 days. Our current practice is to have all staff
> members make up after 5 days whether we make them up with kids or not, like
> the old system, because that language was still in our Classified
> Agreement.
>
>    - Has anyone negotiated with their employees since the change from
>    Days to Hours and worked on Calamity Day or School Cancellation language?
>    - Does anyone require teachers to report to work on cancellation days?
>    - Does anyone allow staff members to make up lost work time, due to
>    cancellations, through other avenues?
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>
> Isaac W. Seevers
> Superintendent
> Greeneview Local Schools
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Julie Garke
Superintendent
St. Henry Local Schools
419-678-4834   ext. 2100
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