FILE: GBRC
STAFF SCHEDULES
LENGTH OF STAFF SCHOOL YEAR
The Orleans Parish School Board shall require instructional personnel to work at least the minimum number of days stipulated by their contract.
DAILY WORK SCHEDULES
The Orleans Parish School Board shall require all personnel to follow the school calendar and holiday schedule during the school term. The Superintendent shall establish office hours and work schedules outside the normal school calendar as necessary. Normal business hours shall be officially designated as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday, for the central office.
The business hours for each school may vary from school to school. Principals and the administrative staff should be in their buildings ahead of students or teachers, and should remain in their buildings until students and teachers have gone from school. Principals who leave their buildings for any purpose, other than attendance at civic clubs, principals' meetings, going to the administrative offices of the School Board, or other routine business affairs connected with the schools, shall secure prior approval from the Superintendent or his/her designee in advance of anticipated absences.
Teachers shall be expected to be at school at least fifteen (15) minutes before school starts and may leave school no sooner than fifteen (15) minutes after the close of school each day. Teachers shall be permitted to leave school grounds during their duty-free lunch period using prescribed procedures for checking out and back in to the school campus. Exceptions to this time schedule may be made by the principal/building administrator when, in his/her opinion, a justifiable request has been made in advance by the teacher. School day shall mean the regular student attendance hours, whether or not students are actually present.
Principals and department heads shall be authorized to adjust staff personnel schedules during the work week in order to prevent any employee incurring overtime work, unless properly authorized.
All supervisors shall be responsible for ensuring that appropriate numbers of staff are available during peak periods (i.e., fiscal year beginning/end, fiscal accounting close, budgeting season, etc.) to ensure continuous and effective operations.
All employees shall personally record their arrival and departure time each day in the Employee Attendance Record.
SUMMER WORK SCHEDULE
The Superintendent or his/her designee may designate and maintain a summer work schedule that varies from the normal business hours. The principal shall be responsible for the operation of the school during the summer months. This includes summer maintenance, financial statements, requisitions, request for services, reports, mail and correspondence, school records and transcripts, and the coordination of the school operation with the School Board.
In order to achieve the most efficient use of personnel at each school, assistant principals, school secretaries and all other ten (10) and eleven (11) month employees shall work their required number of days at the discretion of the principal, as determined by their contract.
The principal shall give the Superintendent a telephone number(s) where he/she may be contacted at any time. The assistant principal shall be contacted in the absence of the principal as needed.
MODIFIED WORK SCHEDULE (LIGHT DUTY)
Any employee recovering from a work-related disability and whose recovery is determined by a physician to be to the point where the employee can resume at least partial duties and/or hours of work, may be allowed to return to work on a modified duty schedule. Such a work schedule and/or the nature of the work to be performed by the returning employee shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent or, in a school, at the discretion of the principal subject to the approval of the Superintendent. The School Board shall endeavor to provide reasonable accommodation to such an employee based on the employee’s circumstances and conditions of employment in accordance with School Board policy GAAB, Individuals with Disabilities. A modified work schedule may continue only until the employee is certified to return to his or her normal work schedule by a physician or the employee has been determined to be permanently disabled.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§11:778, 17:81, 17:434
Orleans Parish School Board