The Board’s policy is to grant a maximum of two Long Term Leaves in a teacher’s career. See the contract for the procedure for requesting a Long Term Leave. Each leave is one year in length, or less. A teacher may take their two leaves consecutively, or with many years in between. A leave may be used to temporarily teach only a portion of a day, for example, to teach only half time. In Elementary, a leave of less than six months does not normally count as one of the two leaves.