Sunday, July 03, 2016

Rochester, NY school administrators take 33 days off per year, despite dismal student proficiency

Rochester, NY school administrators take 33 days off per year, despite dismal student proficiency | EAGnews.org:
"ROCHESTER, N.Y.  – The Rochester school district’s sick day and vacation policy for administrators appears to be a bit problematic.
The district takes it on the chin when principals, vice principals, department heads and other administrators are absent, which happens quite frequently.
The district also takes it on the chin when they come to work, because they receive healthy payouts for unused sick days, as well as attendance bonuses.
Under terms of the district’s contract with the administrator union, employees earn one paid sick day per month and can bank up to 220 unused sick days.
They are also given between 25 and 30 paid vacation days per year, depending on when they were hired.
Image result for union teachersDoes such a policy encourage employees to miss work? 
Apparently so.
In 2014-15, 306 Rochester administrators took 3,554 sick days, for an average of 11.61 per employee.
They also took 3,973 vacation days, for an average of 12.95 per employee.
They are allowed to take up to three paid personal days, and averaged just over two per employee.
They took 1,860 paid miscellaneous leave days for an average of 6.08 per employee.
That comes out to an average of about 33 days of paid absences per year per employee.
...According to the Democrat and Chronicle, just 3.8% of Rochester 8th graders were proficient or better in reading and writing, while a shocking .8% — yes, less than 1% — of 8th graders were proficient in math.
But then there was the headache of paying off administrators with good attendance habits.
Employees are allowed to bank up to 40 unused vacation days and cash them in when they leave the district.
Those who retire with at least 15 years of consecutive service, and used fewer than 15 sick days in the previous five years, are also given a $10,000 bonus..."

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