[SchoolFinance] [EXT] Re: Covid Sick Time

[Dawn Fickett]

I would love to have that in writing from Drummond Woodsum!!

On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM Jennifer Pooler <jpooler at msad58.org> wrote:

> My payroll specialist thought there was guidance a while ago from
> DrummondWoodsum basically saying what Shelley noted. No federal, state, or
> local quarantine or state of emergency, so no more use of COVID time.
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM Shelley Cummings <s.cummings2 at msad17.org>
> wrote:
>
>> What if there is not a federal, state or local quarantine order?
>> Our school district has dropped the mandated quarantine order and they
>> now follow the "if your sick..." guidelines.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM Katie Gourley <KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you assign 15 days to newly hired staff as well?
>>> Katie Gourley
>>> RSU 25
>>> Business Manager
>>> 207-469-7311
>>> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:53 AM Lucie Tabor <ltabor at vuesc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, COVID is still present and causing employee absences, so we are
>>>> having employees use COVID days (if they have not yet used 15) or Sick, if
>>>> they have exhausted the COVID Leave days.
>>>> See attachment - The COVID days are not 15 days PER YEAR, they are 15
>>>> days available from *Jan 1, 2021 until a max of 15 days used*, so we
>>>> have been tracking these separately, but always go back to Jan 1, 2021 and
>>>> count any days used.  Once they have used 15 days in total, they must use
>>>> their own Sick leave (or vaca or EPL) in order to get paid.
>>>>
>>>> Lucie
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM Katie Gourley <KATIE.GOURLEY at rsu25.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What are districts doing about covid sick time? Are people still
>>>>> paying staff to be out when they test positive? If you are paying them and
>>>>> not using their sick leave how many days are you paying up to? Are you
>>>>> still giving them up to 15 days each year even if they had used 15 the year
>>>>> prior?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Katie Gourley
>>>>> RSU 25
>>>>> Business Manager
>>>>> 207-469-7311
>>>>> katie.gourley at rsu25.org <katie at rsu25.org>
>>>>>
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>>>> Lucie Tabor
>>>> *Director of Finance*
>>>> *Valley Unified Educational Service Center (VUESC)*
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>> Shelley Cummings
>> Oxford Hills Technical School
>> Business Manager
>> 207-743-7756 (opt 4)
>>
>> *"The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar
>> jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over
>> another".....Mike Rowe*
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> Jennifer Pooler
> Business Manager
> MSAD 58/RSU 58
> 1401 Rangeley Road
> Phillips, ME 04966
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