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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has insanely good benefits and for everyone I know who works there, it's a second salary -- wife works FCPS, husband does something higher-paying but less secure (much like the DC families who have one fed for the stability and one private sector for the cash).[/quote]

I know one teacher who was on maternity leave three times in 4 years. And not over the summer either. During the school year.  Appears to have taken the job for the benefits since her husband had a good job.[/quote]

You know that there is only 2 weeks of paid maternity leave in FCPS, right?  The rest of it is covered by sick leave or LWOP.  Not exactly a stellar benefit.  And if any of that leave falls on a school holiday or a snow day, you still have to use a sick day to cover it.  I took my 6 weeks of maternity leave last year, and only missed 17 days of work thanks to holidays and snow days.

Not saying that I was cheated or anything, just that it's not this amazing paid leave.[/quote]

Two weeks more than most. [/quote]

It's not paid maternity leave. It's short term disability that kicks in after the employee has exhausted 20 days of her own sick leave. It lasts until 6 wks after delivery. Whatever remains between the 20th workday and 6wks after delivery is covered by short term disability. Short term disability is available to any employee with a necessity  and the same conditions apply--exhaust your own leave for the first 20 days. [/quote]

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