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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been with FCPS for almost 30 years and I've always had the understanding that personal leave had to be approved and therefore denied if the leave couldn't be supported. I usually know months in advance if I will need coverage and can arrange it without a problem.[/quote]

We all know that’s in place to prevent people from doing things like taking a month off. Some of my colleagues have 220+ days banked and could technically “take off” an entire year with those days. A one off personal day isn’t going to get denied and if it does guess what, you just wake up sick and call in. You’re all so weird with this “well I let my employer dictate every single thing I do and I would never ever inconvenience my job.” It’s a JOB. It doesn’t care about you or love you back or honor any single sacrifice you make. Take a day. I swear those schools and offices will still function. [/quote]

PP here. Oh, I agree with you. I wouldn’t hesitate to use a day (I have over 1300 hours saved up). I’m just saying it’s known that personal leave can be denied if it negatively affects the school program.

I don’t know what happens with unused LCPS leave when a teacher retires or otherwise leaves the district, but in FCPS newer teachers completely forfeit all unused leave. For me, my unused leave is at least calculated into the retirement formula. That’s not the case for newer hires. There’s really no reason to keep more than about 20 days of leave since that’s how much one has to use before short term disability kicks in. Many younger teachers use all of there leave each year, which is fine by me. I make sure I use at least my 5 personal days.[/quote]

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