<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Isaac</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">This is what we negotiated this year:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><ol style="list-style-type:decimal;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>Employees shall
not be required to report for duty during these first five (5) calamity days.<span> </span>All employees shall be required to make up
any calamity days beyond five (5) in a contract year.<span> </span>These make-up day(s) may or may not involve
the attendance of students.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span></span></p></li></ol></div><div style="text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">Good Luck.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">Julie Garke</div></span></span></div><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Isaac Seevers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:isaac.seevers@greeneview.org" target="_blank">isaac.seevers@greeneview.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;">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. <div><div><ul><li>Has anyone negotiated with their employees since the change from Days to Hours and worked on Calamity Day or School Cancellation language? </li><li>Does anyone require teachers to report to work on cancellation days?</li><li>Does anyone allow staff members to make up lost work time, due to cancellations, through other avenues?</li></ul><div>Thanks for any help you can offer. </div></div><div><br><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><div>Isaac W. Seevers</div><div>Superintendent</div><div>Greeneview Local Schools</div><div><br></div></div><br><br>
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<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Julie Garke</div><div>Superintendent</div><div>St. Henry Local Schools</div><div>419-678-4834 ext. 2100</div><div><font color="#ff0000"></font> </div></div></div>
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