a. A total of up to two (2) days personal leave per school year without loss of pay shall be granted by the Superintendent. It shall not be used to extend the end of summer vacation.
b. Further extensions of this leave over and above any entitlement in this article may be granted on application by the teacher to the Board. The Board shall have the final decision in extending or rejecting further leave over and above any entitlement in this article.
c. This leave shall be cumulative to a maximum of three days per school year subject to the following conditions:
i. the above restrictions on extending vacations shall apply;
ii. the teacher shall use the day deferred from the previous year before using the personal leave entitlement accruing to him/her in the current calendar year.
iii. personal leave entitlement shall not be deferred beyond the year immediately subsequent to the year in which the entitlement was accrued; and
iv. extensions granted by the Board over and above any entitlement in this article as provided for in (b) above shall not be accumulated nor deferred to subsequent years.
d. This leave shall not be used on scheduled in-service, professional development or parent teacher days unless the Superintendent has expressly given consent.