1540 - SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS

Sylvania City School District

Bylaws & Policies

1540 - SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS

The Board of Education recognizes that no contract entered into with a member of the administrative staff in accordance with Board Policy 1540 may be suspended except in the manner provided herein. Accordingly, this policy was developed with input from the District’s administrative staff.

The reasons for which the Board will consider suspending an administrator’s contract are:

	A.	a decrease in the enrollment of students in the District, whether in particular school(s) or program(s) or at a particular grade level(s) and regardless of whether such decrease in enrollment is from one (1) year to another or a general trend over a period of two (2) or more years;
	B.	a return to duty of an administrator after a leave of absence;
	C.	the suspension of schools or territorial changes affecting the District;
	D.	financial conditions affecting the District;
	E.	reorganization and/or consolidation of administrative functions;

The following procedure will be followed in the event that the Board determines it is necessary to reduce its administrative staff through a suspension of contracts:

In carrying out any suspension of contracts under paragraph 1 above, the Board shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the Superintendent who shall, within each employment service area affected (that is, in which a reduction will occur), give preference to the employee who has greater seniority unless it is necessary to resort to other criteria so as to achieve educational and/or administrative goals (e.g. retention of particular skills that are needed, employee experience, employee certification/licensure, preservation of programs, compliance with State and Federal law) that could not be met by strict adherence to seniority. The primary intent is to maintain educational and/or administrative goals. An employee suspended from one employment service area shall not displace any employee in another employment service area.

Employment service areas are as follows: Assistant Superintendent, Executive Director of Instruction, Executive Director of Human Resources, Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Director of Facilities and Operations, Director of Career Tech, Director of Special Education, Director of Student Services, Director of Technology, Director of Media Services, Assistant Director of Transportation, Operations Manager, High School Assistant Principals, Junior High Principals, Junior High Assistant Principals, Athletic Directors, and Elementary Principals.

Any administrator whose contract is to be suspended as the result of a reduction in the administrative staff shall be notified, in writing, of his/her intended suspension at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the Board meeting at which the action is to be taken.

The suspension shall not become effective sooner than thirty (30) days after said action.

Administrators whose contracts are suspended pursuant to this policy and who were employed by the District previously under a continuing contract as a teacher or who had a continuing contract as a teacher elsewhere prior to being employed by the District as an administrator and who has served the District for at least two (2) years, shall be offered a position in the District as a classroom teacher in his/her area of certification/licensure subject to the application of seniority and any other relevant provisions of the SEA agreement.

Administrators whose contracts are suspended shall be on the administrative recall list for a period of one year from the last day of active employment by the District, unless the administrator has accepted, prior to such time, other employment.

Administrators who are on the administrative recall list shall have the right of recall only to their prior position (i.e., "Assistant Principal at the Middle School") and only if the Board re-institutes that position. However, the Board will consider such administrators for openings occurring in any other administrative position for which the administrator is qualified and holds the appropriate certification/licensure. The primary factor in filling administrative positions will be the best interests of the District.

An administrator shall be notified of a recall by certified mail and must accept, in writing, the employment within fifteen (15) days of service of the recall notice. It is the administrator’s responsibility to maintain a current mailing address with the Board. Failure to accept recall within fifteen (15) days shall be interpreted as an indication that the administrator does not wish to return to active employment in the District and shall result in the removal of the administrator from the recall list. If the recall occurs after August 1^st, the administrator must respond in writing within five (5) days or s/he will be removed from the recall list. All "days" are calendar days in this Policy 1540.

R.C. 3319.171

Adopted 3/26/01
Revised 4/24/06