Each teacher is permitted to use up to 5 days sick leave per year to attend to family related medical issues.
A. This leave is for serious medical issues for members of the teacher’s immediate family. Immediate Family is defined as spouse, common law partner, child, parents, and any other relative permanently residing with the teacher. In extraordinary circumstances, the Board may consider requests for Family Sick Leave for other relatives on a case by case basis. Teachers should use local services where possible and arrange appointment times that would minimize their absence.
B. This leave is non cumulative from one school year to the next school year.
C. This leave is pro-rated for part-time teachers.
D. A doctor's certificate may be requested.