I finally have 5 weeks vacation after 21 years at the same place. Though my elementary school-age kids have 30 days off, not counting Xmas vacation. That's 30

I finally have 5 weeks vacation after 21 years at the same place. Though my elementary school-age kids have 30 days off, not counting Xmas vacation. That's 30 days of teacher service, gov holidays (I don't get), etc. So even 5 weeks does not allow us to actually go on a vacation. When I hired on, I was told that using more than 3 days for sick leave would get you fired.