a) Leave for Other Purposes:
Leave for reasons other than illness or those defined in Articles 5:01 and 5:02 may be granted at the discretion of the Division’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), and salary may be deducted for each day's leave of absence, and the Board will be responsible for the substitute teacher as required.
The deduction of salary shall be a fraction of salary equal to the number of days absent divided by the number of days in the school year as prescribed by the Minister.
b) Personal Leave:
i) A maximum of three (3) days personal leave per school year shall, for reasonable cause, in consultation with the principal, be granted to each teacher. The cost of a substitute will not be deducted from the teacher’s salary for one personal leave day per year. Only one day with no sub costs deducted will be granted in a given school year. Each teacher will be allowed to carry forward to the next school year one (1) day of unused personal leave to a maximum accumulation of four (4) days.
ii) Personal Leave shall not be used on scheduled in-service days, administration days, parent teacher days, or pupil evaluation days.
iii) For extenuating circumstances, the Superintendent may grant, in consultation with the principal, personal leave beyond the parameters outlined in 5:03 b) ii.