Staff Work Day in the Event of Inclement Weather
LATE START
In the event of a delayed start of school, certificated staff or work sites impacted by such a change shall make a good faith effort to arrive at work at the normal start time. However, if due to hazardous driving conditions, the employee is unable to arrive on time there shall be no deduction of leave time or loss of pay provided the employee arrives one-half hour prior to the altered start of the student school day. In the event school(s) are dismissed early due to inclement weather, certificated staff shall be released one-half hour after the student dismissal.
SCHOOL CLOSED
If K-12 schools are closed because of inclement weather, natural disasters or other emergencies, the following groups of employees are required to work:
- Administrators
- Twelve (12) month professional-technical employees*
- Twelve (12) month office professionals*
- Exempt employees
*However, the above employees, instead of working, may elect one of the following options if approved by the appropriate division head or designee consistent with their respective collective bargaining agreement:
- Use earned vacation or applicable leave
- Use accrued compensatory time
- Be counted absent without pay
- Reschedule hours (only if hours can be made up at the regular rate of pay during the same work week)
Staff will work regular hours when schools are open and operating on emergency schedule.
If the Superintendent closes an individual school due to emergency conditions, the staff will report for work as directed. The following employees shall report to work unless otherwise directed by supervisor or designee: maintenance, custodial, food services and security.