Employee handbook changes are coming to Stanley-Boyd Schools next school year.
Approved by the school board at the regular April board meeting, the changes include new opportunities to carry over personal days, a change in the definition of “medical leave”, and wage/pay schedule changes.
Starting with personal days, the new handbook states as follows:
“Personal days are cumulative to four days. At the end of the school year, upon request, teachers may redeem unused personal days for $160.00 per day.” Previously paid out at a rate of $140 per day if not use, the new language reflects both new substitute pay rate and ability to carry over from the previous year, two days allowed per year.
As before, meanwhile “no more than five teachers may be on personal or professional leave on any given day without superintendent approval,” and the four cumulative days are not transferrable beyond one additional year.
Also in changes, meanwhile, is one affecting sick leave, new language allowing the district administrator to consider medical power of attorney as eligible for sick leave.
“We have a number of staff who have medical power of attorney,” Koenig said. As such, the new definition of sick leave states as follows:
“The District Administrator, in their sole discretion, may consider a power of Medical Power of Attorney under this provision.”
If you’re a new district custodian, meanwhile, there’s a vacation change.
“One of the problems we have is people won’t take the job if there’s no vacation the first year,” district superintendent Jeff Koenig said of hiring custodial staff.
As such, new handbook language allows for vacation time after a 90 day probationary period, at the rate of 0.5 day per month worked.
For long term custodial employees, the vacation time is 10 days annually for one to five years at Stanley-Boyd, 15 days annually if employed from six to 10 years, and 20 days annually if one has worked at Stanley-Boyd for 11 years or more.
Last but not least for handbook changes is an addition on holidays: they can only be used in “whole” day increments.” Holidays are defined by position and may include New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Motion was made by Chad Verbeten and seconded by Toni Seidl to approve the handbook changes.
