For each school building not provided with the services of a vice-principal, a teacher shall be designated to act as principal during the principal's absence. The teacher shall be appointed by the Board before September 30th in each year. The teacher so designated shall receive an allowance of $580, as of September 2018, $588 as of September 2019, $591 as of September 2020, above the salary as provided in Article 4.01.
In circumstances where the Principal, Vice Principal (where appointed) and designated teacher are all absent from the school, an Acting Teacher-In-Charge shall be designated and shall receive an allowance of $38.88 as of September 2018, $39.42 as of September 2019, and $39.62 as of September 2020 for each full day or portion thereof of such absence. A substitute teacher shall be supplied to replace the classroom teacher while performing designate duties when required.