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Personal Leave vs Sick Leave - please help!

by Frustrated

Nov 13, 2016

My school district has a policy that personal leave may not be used on a day before a holiday. I had an out-of-town appointment the day before Veterans' Day. Because of the policy I took a sick day - making sure everything was covered with a substitute, etc. Now I'm being told I have to have a doctor's note for the sick day because it was scheduled ahead of time. My appointment was not with a doctor but with something personal. Aren't these policies backwards? How does your district handle this?

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Staying positive That policy is actually quite standard across states at least NC and the 3 other states in which I have family in the education field.

What's going to be hard for you is that it is already done. Now there is no great solution. If you didn't visit any doctor's office or the like on that day you will probably have to be honest that you didn...See More

Nov 13, 2016

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Staying positive Correcting word towards end of my response. Replace "bad" with "bat".

On 11/13/16, Staying positive wrote: > That policy is actually quite standard across states at > least NC and the 3 other states in which I have family in > the education field. > > What's going to be hard for you is that it is already ...See MoreCorrecting word towards end of my response. Replace "bad" with "bat".

On 11/13/16, Staying positive wrote: > That policy is actually quite standard across states at > least NC and the 3 other states in which I have family in > the education field. > > What's going to be hard for you is that it is already done. > Now there is no great solution. If you didn't visit any > doctor's office or the like on that day you will probably > have to be honest that you didn't realize what kind of day > you used was as serious as it is. You would have to be very > contrite and not at all defensive. > > In the future, I know that is policy (regarding the not > around holidays rule) but exceptions can be made if your > principal is notified in advance and he/she recognizes that > there are no alternatives for you. We have the same policy > but one year I had a situation where I had made > unchangeable plans and the start date of our school changed > by several days, causing a conflict. The school calendar > was not amended until May of the year and I had made August > plans (flights, etc.) I brought my situation to my > principal. She explained that the only month I could ever > count on being off was July but I was not defensive and she > went to bad for me with the county and I was given special > permission. > > I had a friend once that had an after-the-fact situation > like yours and she got a reprimand but she didn't get > fired. Of course, we all got sharply worded emails to let > us know not to do the same thing she had. > > I'm sorry. I know it seemed so innocuous at the time. > > > On 11/13/16, Frustrated wrote: >> My school district has a policy that personal leave may > not >> be used on a day before a holiday. I had an out-of-town >> appointment the day before Veterans' Day. Because of the >> policy I took a sick day - making sure everything was >> covered with a substitute, etc. Now I'm being told I have >> to have a doctor's note for the sick day because it was >> scheduled ahead of time. My appointment was not with a >> doctor but with something personal. Aren't these policies >> backwards? How does your district handle this?

Nov 13, 2016

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Amy What's going to be hard for you is that it is already done. Now there is no great solution. If you didn't visit any doctor's office or the like on that day you will probably have to be honest that you didn't realize what kind of day you used was as serious as it is. You would have to be very contrite and not at all defensive.

This is good...See More

Nov 14, 2016

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