<div dir="ltr">Same. It is very frustrating to me that we constantly put the message out about how important it is for our students to have good attendance, and then we have staff that are out on almost a weekly basis. The mixed message we send does not help students see the importance of attendance when staff are missing days all the time!<div><br></div><div>Dawn</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM Andrea Disch <<a href="mailto:adisch@msad11.org">adisch@msad11.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="ltr"><div><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I am looking to see if <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">there are </span>districts<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> that currently </span>offer Paid Time Off (PTO) instead of separate sick, personal, and <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(68,68,68)">other accrued absences.</span></font></p><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Our teachers have raised PTO in current negotiations, and we are already dealing with a high number of staff absences, so I’m especially interested in how a PTO model has impacted absence rates and overall leave usage.</font></p><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">If your district offers PTO, I’d appreciate hearing how it’s structured and how it’s working in practice.</font></p><p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Thank you,<br>Andrea</font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y02vtQLN6pwWGVEguRSdTE-1TkYG-o9RHWWMnAGvXWOAnsY3fcBcye_4dEyhUUmM9bDDQNmmK_HZmX"><br></div></div></div></div>
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