Cave Creek teachers must use own sick time to quarantine
While hundreds of students are in quarantine, Cave Creek teachers must decide whether to potentially work sick, infected with COVID-19, or burn their PTO to avoid infecting others.
and last updated 2021-01-17 00:13:51-05
CAVE CREEK, AZ â While hundreds of students are in quarantine, teachers in Cave Creek must decide whether to potentially work sick, infected with COVID-19, or burn their PTO to avoid infecting others.
On Wednesday, Cave Creek Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Cort Monroe sent an email to district staff saying that a new policy was in order, forcing teachers and staff to use their personal sick leave time to stay home if exposed to COVID-19.
After 47 years in education, Cave Creek Unified School District Superintendent, Dr. Debbi Burdick, will be retiring on December 31. Dr. Burdick has held the position of CCUSD Superintendent since 2008 and came to the district in 2004 as Associate Superintendent. During her career, she has been a teacher, principal, educational consultant and adjunct professor at both Grand Canyon and Arizona State Universities. Dr. Burdick graduated summa cum laude with a doctorate from ASU, two Masters Degrees from Eastern IL University and a Bachelors Degree from Western IL University. Dr. Burdick was a National Christa McAuliffe Fellow from the USDOE; received the AZ School Administrator’s Educational Doctoral Student of the Year for ASU and the Outstanding Senior in Education Award from Western IL University.