a. When a teacher is sick, he/she shall be entitled to a leave of absence (herein called “sick leave”) during his/her sickness and shall be entitled to be paid his/her full salary during such sick leave.
b. Each teacher shall be credited with twenty (20) teaching days sick leave with full salary at the beginning of each year of continuous employment as a teacher with this School District.
c. All unused sick leave in each year shall accumulate from year to year to the credit of each teacher, but shall at no time exceed a credit of two hundred (200) teaching days.
d. A teacher on sick leave shall be paid the same amount he/she would be paid if he/she were on duty until the teacher has exhausted all accumulated sick leave.
e. A teacher shall not accumulate sick leave while on Sabbatical Leave.
f. A teacher shall be entitled to use, for each incident, a maximum of fifteen (15) days from his/her sick days accrual to attend to the medical needs of each person listed in Article 7.02(b). Additional days from his/her sick day’s accrual may be granted at the discretion of the Board.
g. Any teacher using sick leave as a result of accidental, physical injury at work, shall have said leave reinstated upon return to teaching duties.
h. Teachers on contract prior to 1986 will be subject to terms outlined in the Memorandum of Agreement.
i. When driving outside of Thompson for a referred medical/dental specialist appointment(s) on normal work days, the teacher will be allowed the day before, if it is a work day, to travel there, a day for the appointment, and the next calendar day to travel back if it is a normal work day.