Common use of Hours and Conditions of Employment Clause in Contracts

Hours and Conditions of Employment. Section 1. The Board of Education recognizes that a teacher's responsibility to his/her students and his profession require performance of duties and expenditure of time beyond the regular work day. The Board also recognizes that in the school structure it is necessary that time and work schedules be established applicable to teachers and other professional persons in the course of their employment. The following conditions of employment pertain to Cato-Meridian Central School. Section 2. The teacher workday shall be 7 hours and 20 minutes. Within these hours, except for scheduled meetings and emergency situations, teachers in the High School and Middle School shall arrive at least 5 minutes before the start of the student day and leave at least 40 minutes following the pupil class day; Elementary teachers shall arrive at least 35 minutes prior to the start of the student day and remain at least five minutes following the end of the student day. Building Principals may excuse teachers from this schedule for valid reasons. The District may modify the schedule to meet changing needs provided that the workday continues to be 7 hours and 20 minutes and the student day continues as above. Section 3. The Elementary School teachers, Middle School teachers, and High School teachers, and other certified personnel performing duties in the Elementary School, Middle School, and High School will have a duty free lunch period of one half (1/2) hour, as nearly as possible to noon. Section 4. Teachers who must travel from building to building to teach classes have an undue hardship upon them. They must be responsible for two working areas and the transfer of materials back and forth. This is not only extremely inconvenient but results in a tremendous loss of time. Teachers so affected shall be compensated by a reasonable period of duty free time of at least thirty minutes per traveling day, in addition to their duty free lunch period.