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PCPS proposes shifting two summer holidays for 12‑month staff and adding winter holidays; board raises equity and timekeeping concerns
Summary
The PCPS draft staff calendars would exchange summer holidays that fall on summer Fridays for December dates for 12‑month employees and add several employee holidays; board members questioned whether the moves are equitable and pressed administration on timekeeping and implementation of a Frontline time system.
Petersburg — Petersburg City Public Schools officials asked the school board to consider staff calendar revisions that would reallocate two summer holidays that fall on summer Fridays (Juneteenth and Independence Day in certain years) to winter dates for 12‑month employees and add additional paid holidays aimed at providing continuity around Thanksgiving and winter break.
Dr. Shamika Long Lane, assistant superintendent for human resources, said the requests align with Virginia law and district policy, and explained the mechanics: when national holidays fall on Fridays during the division’s summer four‑day workweek, the administration proposes to exchange those holiday dates for December dates so 12‑month employees can use the leave…
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