No school policy bans husband-wife hirings
By Michael Goot, The Post-Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. | |
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And although Trowbridge lasted less than two months on the job, the school is not changing its policy.
The school board was informed of the situation before Trowbridge was hired, and it wasn't brought up as an issue during the interview process, according to Superintendent
"I've been at this for a few years. This is the first time I've encountered any situation like this," Graney said.
He said the board agreed that, to avoid any conflict of interest, the superintendent would have conducted the evaluation of Trowbridge's wife,
Although Trowbridge's resignation takes effect
Trowbridge was awarded three personal days and 50 sick days upon starting work for the district on
Counting from
When asked why Trowbridge received so much sick time upon his hire, Graney explained he had a lot of unused sick time at his former employer. Before coming to Bolton, Trowbridge was at the
The amount of sick time was negotiated at 50 days, according to Graney.
"I did the same thing when I came from
Graney became principal in
Graney said he looks at the generous sick time allotment as a kind of disability insurance. Otherwise, if he had broken his leg on the first day of work, he would have had only 12 sick days to use.
Graney is filling the principal job as well until the arrival on
Family colleagues
No law forbids employment of family members.
Bolton does not have a policy regarding the employment of relatives or spouses, according to Graney.
"We have a couple of husband-and-wife combinations," he said.
"There would never be a situation where you had a supervisor directly hiring their spouse," he said.
At the current time,
In that case, Abraham wasn't his wife's direct supervisor, but she reported to the middle and high school principal.
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