Philadelphia schools chief took advance pay for vacation days
Philadelphia schools chief Arlene Ackerman has collected cash for six days' vacation pay ahead of schedule.
Ackerman's contract gives her nearly seven weeks' vacation annually - 34 days in total. She can trade four of those days for money every year.
But district documents obtained by The Inquirer show that Ackerman, who has headed the district since June 2008, has been paid for 18 days - six more than she had earned.
Ackerman confirmed the payment Friday, saying, "I don't apologize for that. It was within my rights - that was the interpretation of the lawyers."
Ackerman took her first payout of $4,980.84 - for four days - on Feb. 12, 2009, presumably for the 2008-09 school
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