<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">We do have language in both Support Staff and Teaching contracts giving payouts of sick time. Even though our cooks are not part of the support staff contract we did the same for them last year when one retired. Our administrators have 30 days or maximum amount. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Support Staff:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">– 20 days if employed for at least ten (10) consecutive years;<br>– 25 days if employed for at least fifteen (15) consecutive years;<br>– 30 days if employed for at least twenty (20) consecutive years.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Teachers:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The Board agrees to pay each employee who retires under M.S.R.S. guidelines or is the<br>subject of a reduction in force, and who has been employed at least fifteen (15)<br>consecutive years in RSU 25, or its’ previous school departments, may receive the per<br>diem rate of pay, for up to thirty (30) days unused accumulated sick leave at the time of<br>departure.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Admin:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 24.3pt 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sick Leave Payment upon Retirement -
Administrators shall be paid for up to 30 days of unused sick leave, not to
exceed $9,000, upon retirement from RSU 25 with a minimum of seven consecutive
years of service as an administrator.</span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Katie Gourley<div>RSU 25</div><div>Business Manager</div><div>207-469-7311</div><div><a href="mailto:katie@rsu25.org" target="_blank">katie.gourley@rsu25.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM Lucie Tabor <<a href="mailto:ltabor@vuesc.org">ltabor@vuesc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Does anyone have a retirement incentive program they offer to teachers or administrators <span style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">who are eligible to retire? (Note that we are not looking to offer early retirement incentives to those who are not otherwise eligible to retire).</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We have offered some before, about 12 years ago and at that time we offered a $10,000 payout to a teacher or $4,500 to an hourly employee (ex school secretary). Just wondering what amount you offer if you do have such a plan.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">LUCIE<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Lucie Tabor<div><i>Director of Finance</i></div><div><i>Valley Unified Educational Service Center (VUESC)</i></div><div><i>Serving the School Districts of MSAD 27, MSAD 33 and Madawaska School Dept.</i></div><div><i>Upper St. John Valley</i></div></div></div></div></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
SchoolFinance mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:SchoolFinance@maillist.informe.org" target="_blank">SchoolFinance@maillist.informe.org</a><br>
<a href="http://maillist.informe.org/mailman/listinfo/schoolfinance" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://maillist.informe.org/mailman/listinfo/schoolfinance</a></blockquote></div>
<br>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12pt">CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12pt">This e-mail message, including any attachments, is intended solely for the individual(s) or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain confidential or proprietary information. Unauthorized dissemination, distribution, copying, use, or other action(s) taken in reliance upon to the contents of, and any attachments to, this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail or telephone (<b>207-469-7311</b>) and permanently delete the original and any copies and/or printouts.</span>