<div dir="ltr">Amen!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:24 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="ltr">We have not gone with PTO, we have Sick and EPL buckets for teachers. It has been asked for in negotiations and we've refused. It's difficult enough having to deal with 5 days' worth of EPL for teachers who only work 182 days a year and get AMPLE time off during a calendar year, it does not make any sense (to me) to allow even more flex time for which they would not have to provide a reason to even use. <div>The EPL bucket costs us more in Subs and that's enough of a headache.<div><br></div><div>For recruiting subs, we have had to increase the daily rate and offer multiple incentives - free lunch, mileage, and EPL!</div><div>We now also provide a higher hourly rate ($5 to $6/Hr extra) for any Ed Tech that covers for teachers for any period during the day.</div><div><br></div><div>And let's throw the new PFML in there for fun! (Grrr).</div><div>- Lucie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM Andrea Disch <<a href="mailto:adisch@msad11.org" target="_blank">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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