Special Leave Day. Effective upon the completion of the probationary period, an Employee will be granted 1 paid day off with no loss of benefits, each calendar year. The paid leave will equal the hours normally worked on the respective shift taken.
Special Leave Day. All support staff employees may be granted special leave at the discretion of the employee of no more than two (2) days per school year. Special leave days may only be used in half-day increments. One special leave day may be used in hourly increments. Educational Support Professionals who have not used their special leave days by the end of the school year may bank one special leave day per year with the maximum banked accumulation of one (1) day. Requests for this special leave must be made in writing to the superintendent at least three days in advance, except in the event of emergencies. The school district reserves the right to refuse to grant such leave if, under the circumstances involved, such leave should not be granted according to restrictions listed above. An additional special leave day will be granted to all educational support professionals with fifteen (15) years or more of service to the Pierz School District. Except in emergency and/or special circumstances, no more than two educational support professionals shall be granted special leave from each building on the same day. Any exceptions made will be based on the availability of a substitute. Buildings are Pierz Xxxxx High School, Pioneer Elementary, which includes district educational support professionals at Holy Trinity Elementary.
