To:            LEA Members
From:        Arlene Rea, President
Re:            Donated Leave

An LEA Member needs help from colleagues in the form of donated annual leave. As per the provision
in the negotiated agreement pertaining to the voluntary transfer of leave for catastrophic illness, I am
forwarding this appeal on to LEA Members.

Individuals may voluntarily transfer any amount of their annual leave (not accumulated leave-- IRS
regulations won't allow that) to a colleague in need within the bargaining unit. Leave that is not used by
the individual this school year will be returned to the donors.

Please contact LPS Human Resources directly by calling Kyla Jensby at 436-1593 to request a
Voluntary Leave Transfer Donor Application or e-mail her at kjensby@lps.org.

*** When you contact Kyla, be sure to let her know what site you are at so she can send you the form.

Although recipients of donated leave never know who has donated leave to them and therefore don't
know who to personally thank, donated leave makes a world of difference to people in need. Thank you
for considering this request.
A Note from Susan Otte
Zeman Elementary
Art Specialist

She had her first surgery last spring, and due to She had
her first surgery last spring, and due to summer and in the
fall.  We now go to physical therapy complications, she has
had two more surgeries over the summer and in the fall.  
We now go to physical therapy three times a week, and we
see her making wonderful progress, so we are fortunate.   
We have her next big heart operation coming up this early
spring, and I have exhausted my leave time.  To top off our
situation my husband had a major heart attack on
Christmas day.  The doctors said it is due partly to stress,
other wise they don’t know how it would have happened,
because he has been a very healthy currently back in the
hospital again.  
person.  He has been in and out of the hospital and is
currently back in the hospital again.  

So please send positive thoughts and prayers our way, and
if you have a day of leave to spare, I could really use it to
take care of my family.  Especially for Quinn when she goes
back to Children’s hospital for her surgery.  The pictures to
the right show what we have been going through.   Thanks!
Click on picture to enlarge.