Code Blue with Liberal Leave - All Schools Closed
School/Office Closings
All public schools in Anne Arundel County
will be closed for the day because of emergency conditions, but Central and
Satellite Offices and school offices are open. Employees with Annual Leave
are free to use such leave on this day, without securing prior approval. School Activities
Evening High School and the Alternative
Programs are canceled when Anne Arundel County Public Schools are closed
because of inclement weather.
After-school and evening activities at
schools -- including practices, performances, clubs, and athletic events -
are canceled when Anne Arundel County Public Schools are closed due to
inclement weather. On
a “Code Blue with Liberal Leave” day:
The following employees DO NOT REPORT TO WORK:
- Unit I - 10-month employees ( all 191,
193, 195, and 200, and 210 day employees)
- Food Service Workers (school-based only)
- Teacher Assistants - 200 Day Secretaries - 10-month employees
(all 191 and 200 day employees)
- Unit II - 200 and 210 day employees
- Unit V - 10-month employees (all 191 and
200 day employees)
- Drivers and Assistants of Board of
Education owned school buses
The following employees
SHALL REPORT TO WORK ON TIME OR AT THE DISCRETION OF THEIR SUPERVISOR:
- All Logistics Support, Operations, and
Maintenance Unit III (AFSCME) employees;
- All 12-month Unit III (ASFCME) Bus
Maintenance employees.
Teachers and therapists at Infants and
Toddlers Program, and Child Find, and School-Based 12-month Occupational
Therapists/Physical Therapists are not required to report to work on the
first two (2) days when schools are closed for emergencies and a
Code Blue with Liberal Leave has been announced. On subsequent
Code Blue with Liberal Leave days, these employees must report
to work or use available annual leave. Teachers and therapists at ITP and
CF who visit students at their homes shall not be required to travel to
those locations, but are encouraged to do so when it can be done safely, as
determined by the employee. NOTE:
August 30, 2011 was the first of two
Code Blue with Liberal Leave days for
which indicated employees are not expected to report for duty.
12-month Unit IV
school-based employees
shall be allotted up to a maximum of two (2) Code Blue with Liberal Leave
days for which they shall not be required to report to work, in accordance
with the Negotiated Agreement between the Board of Education and the
Secretaries and Assistants Association of Anne Arundel County (SAAAAC).
After the two-day allotment is exhausted,
12-month Unit IV school-based employees shall report to work within two (2)
hours of the usual reporting time. The first two declared
Code Blue with Liberal Leave days of the
2011-2012 school year shall be used as the two-day allotment for 12-month
Unit IV school-based employees referenced above.
NOTE: August 30, 2011 was the first of two
Code Blue with Liberal Leave days for
which indicated employees are not expected to report for duty.
All other employees shall report to their
job assignments as soon as possible, but no later than two (2) hours after
the usual reporting time.
When Code Blue with
Liberal Leave is in effect and the Central and Satellite Offices
close at or before 12 noon, employees who chose not to report for work shall
be required to use one-half day of leave.
When Code Blue with Liberal Leave is
in effect and the Central and Satellite Offices close after 12 noon,
employees who chose not to report for work shall be required to use a full
day of leave.
Anne Arundel County Public
Schools is not responsible for an employee’s commute to and from work, or
his/her decision to do so. Should an employee determine that driving
conditions are such that he/she cannot safely report to work, the employee
must:
- Notify their supervisor of the absence.
- Use one day (or half-day) of annual
leave (if the employee has an annual leave balance) -- - or -
- Lose one day (or half-day) pay (if the
employee does not have an annual leave balance)
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