With a minimum of five (5) days of notice to the Division and subject to the availability of a substitute teacher, a teacher shall be granted two (2) days of personal leave per school year without loss of salary.
Such leave is not to extend Spring, Summer or Winter Break or to be used on teachers’ in-service days, parent-teacher days, or pupil evaluation days unless unusual circumstances arise and then the leave may be granted at the discretion of the Division.
If the personal leave day(s) is unused in a school year, a teacher may carry over the day(s) to the next school year. Such personal leave of absence shall be cumulative to a maximum of four (4) days.