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School employees tell board mid‑year PTO changes leave staff short on leave
Summary
Two school staff public commenters told the SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS board they learned mid‑year that PTO and vacation accruals had been reduced to one PTO day and one vacation day per month and asked how employees should cover multiple sick days without going unpaid.
Two staff members told the SCHUYLER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education during public comment that they and their coworkers were surprised to learn the district reduced paid time off accrual at the start of the school year.
"We came to find out when we started the school year that we don't have long PTO and go on vacation per month," Paloma told the board, saying employees now receive "one vacation and one PTO per month" and asking what staff should do when children are sick or emergencies require more time off.
Marisol Lopez, who said she works at the middle school, told the board staff typically receive contract information at the end of the year and said finding out about the change mid‑year was unfair. "If you want to do this, then you need to wait until next year so we can all see what's gonna come," she said.
Board members and the presiding officer acknowledged the concerns but did not take formal action during the public‑comment period. The comments focused on timing and communication: speakers said they were not given advance notice at contract issuance and asked whether mid‑year changes could be delayed until the next contract cycle.
The public commenters raised several procedural and pay‑policy questions the board did not answer on the record in this transcript excerpt, including whether staff who exhaust PTO could be unpaid and whether informal practices differed from the newly written policy. The administration did not provide an immediate resolution during the meeting; board members suggested staff raise specific concerns with building principals if the board does not act immediately.
The board did not vote on a PTO policy change during the provided portion of the meeting. The next procedural step for the board on personnel or pay changes was not specified in the transcript.
