ARTICLE 10 TEACHER FACILITIES

Providence School District

The Board shall provide the following facilities:

10-1   A telephone for faculty use shall be provided in each school. Every effort shall be made to insure privacy.

10-2 Washrooms for men and women teachers, which are private, clean and comfortable, shall be provided in all schools.

10-3 A professional library collection for reference and circulation shall be provided in each school.

10-4 An automated telephone and web-based absence reporting system shall be provided which will allow teachers to report their absence at any time up to 6:00 a.m. before the workday begins.

10-5 Each school shall be provided with a clean and comfortable teachers' lounge. Existing lounges in excess of one per school shall remain as presently established.

10-6 Audio-visual equipment and copying equipment shall be available for teachers' use in every building.

10-7 All classrooms shall have electrical outlets consistent with federal and state OSHA regulations.

10-8 To the extent possible, teachers shall be provided with off-street parking areas for their automobiles.

10-9 Teachers shall be provided a special lunch area, and when this area is not a regular lunchroom, facilities for warming, refrigerating, and storing food shall be provided.

10-10 Stairs, sidewalks and parking areas shall be free of snow prior to the opening of work to the extent necessary to permit safe access to buildings.