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School staff tell board new one‑PTO/one‑vacation-per‑month rule will cause hardship
Summary
Two staff members told the Schuyler board they only learned at the start of the year that employees would be limited to one PTO day and one vacation day per month and asked whether staff will be unpaid for additional sick or family‑emergency days.
Two staff members addressed the Schuyler Community Schools board during public comment to object to a newly applied limit of one paid-time-off (PTO) day and one vacation day per month.
"We came to find out when we started the school year that we only have one table and one vacation per month," said Paloma Arca, who also said she goes by Palma, describing how long‑tenured employees discovered the change only after the year began. Arca asked what staff should do if they or their children become sick more than once in a month: "Are we supposed to go unpaid or do we use vacation PTO?"
Marisol Lopez said staff historically received contracts at the end of the year and said being told about new limits only after the school year began left employees without adequate notice. "Why didn't you let us know that at the beginning of the school year when we have our contract?" she asked.
The public comments prompted no immediate administrative remedy in the provided transcript excerpt; administrators later discussed unrelated policy updates. The transcript does not record a board response that changed the PTO/vacation practice or a motion to reopen terms; staff representatives asked the board to delay implementation or provide clearer advance notice.
