It is the responsibility of the Board of Education to provide the administrative staff necessary for the implementation of the educational program and the operation of the schools and services of the District and to do so efficiently and economically.

The Board recognizes its responsibility to maintain administrative staff positions consistent with the needs of the District. This policy shall apply whenever a reduction in staff occurs, resulting in the elimination of one position, a portion of a position, or all of a position in a class.

A reduction in staff is defined as a reduction in the number of administrators in a class because the number of administrators at the beginning of the next school year would exceed the estimated number of positions needed in that class for that school year.

In case of a reduction in staff, administrators employed under the terms of a limited contract shall be released from a class prior to those in continuing status in the class; and within continuing status, in order of seniority. If a tie develops in determining the order of release of employees, the employee shall be retained who has the earlier date of continuous administrative or supervisory assignments in the District.

An employee who is released from a class will be reassigned to a vacant position in the highest existing class in which s/he formally held status.

R.C. 3319.02