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RSU 38 maintains EPL as a distinct leave category from sick time, as EPL permits a broader range of qualifying uses, and the district continues to manage elevated employee absence rates.
</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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