Personal or Private Absence Requests Sample Clauses

Personal or Private Absence Requests. Personal or private business days shall be used only in situations of urgency for the purpose of conducting business which is impossible to transact on the weekend or after school hours. Before making any requests for absences of such nature, staff members should bear in mind that their professional and moral responsibility is to be in the classroom or at the appropriate place of assigned work. Staff members wishing to utilize a personal or private business day must submit the appropriate form to the Superintendent at least five (5) school days in advance of the anticipated absence. The general reason shall be indicated on the form. The moral and professional responsibility for personal or private judgment shall rest with the individual staff member. If the nature of the request is that of an extreme emergency, the appropriate form must be submitted at the earliest possible time. Personal or private business days cannot be used prior to or following vacations, single holidays or Teachers' Convention Day if the purpose is an extension of such holiday or vacation, even if the day immediately preceding or following the above days is taken with loss of pay. All non-permitted days of absence prior or subsequent to days of permitted absence, taken in sequence, shall be deducted. Any situation involving absence which in the opinion of the Superintendent needs investigation may be explored by the proper legal authority. Definitions