Mr. Haas, she added, had requested a sabbatical to devote his attention to another project.
In October 1998, the theater's founder, Mr. Khan, told the board he wanted to begin planning for his succession and requested a year's sabbatical, which would begin in late 1999.
The priest said he was unsure where Myers would assign him but that he had requested a six-month sabbatical.
Ultimately, she wound up talking to an executive who had just accepted a request for a sabbatical from a high-level employee.
At the same meeting, the board also challenged Mr. Khan's request for a sabbatical in which he would continue to earn his $75,000 annual salary, and it refused to sign off on the 1999-2000 production season without a budget for the shows.
While his proposals died in committee, Mr. Lawless savored small victories, like the state legislation he supported last year that requires professors requesting sabbaticals to spell out the academic purposes of any travel they propose.
Tim took a sabbatical last year, reportedly at Michael's request, and Michael did the same six months after Tim.
In the months after Tillerson took over, scores of senior diplomats retired, quit, or requested sabbaticals.
"With the pressure to provide more certified teachers, we wish that our more experienced teachers, those eligible to request sabbaticals, would choose instead to put the children first and be in the classroom".
Bishop Lori granted him a sabbatical.
