| Wayne Trace Local School District |
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1540 - SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS
(REDUCTION IN FORCE)The Board of Education recognizes that no contract entered into with a member of the administrative staff in accordance with Board Policy 1520 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 District’s enrollment; | |
| 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; and | |
| E. | reorganization and/or consolidation of administrative functions. |
The following procedures will be followed in the event that the Board determines it is necessary to reduce its administrative staff through a suspension of contracts:
| A. | If it is necessary to achieve a reduction in the administrative staff, the Board may proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the Superintendent. In making his/her recommendation, the Superintendent will give consideration to administrators who have the greater seniority in administrative service with the District among those who are properly certificated/licensed for a particular position. However, the Board recognizes that administrative positions are not interchangeable, and that the primary factor in any reduction of administrators will be the best interest of the District. | |
| B. | 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. | |
| C. | 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, provided s/he possesses more seniority of service than the teacher with the least seniority of service who is currently employed.
Administrators whose contracts are suspended shall be on the administrative recall list for a period of twelve (12) months 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 to any administrative position that they are certified for. Administrators on the recall list are recalled in order of seniority for vacancies in areas for which they are certified.
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 1st, the administrator must respond in writing within five (5) days or s/he will be removed from the recall list.
R.C. 3319.171
Equal Seniority
A tie in seniority shall occur when two (2) or more employees have the same amount of seniority credit as determined by the application of the seniority provisions above.
Ties in seniority shall be broken by the following method to determine the most senior employee:
| A. | the employee who has the greatest number of accumulated days of substitute or part-time service in the District not previously counted as continuous employment, and then; | |
| B. | the employee with the earliest date of hire as determined by the date of the Board meeting at which the staff member was hired, and then the order of hire at the Board meeting where the employee was initially hired and then; | |
| C. | if a tie still remains; and | |
| D. | by lottery, with the most senior employee being the one whose name is drawn first, etc. This procedure shall be implemented in the presence of a designated association representative. |
Super Seniority
For layoff purposes only, employees employed under continuing contract shall have greater seniority than employees employed under limited contract.
For layoff purposes only, the Association President shall be the most senior employee in the bargaining unit.
Loss of Seniority
Seniority shall be lost when an employee retires or resigns; is employed in a full-time non-bargaining unit position; is discharged for cause; or otherwise leaves the employment of the Employer.
Posting of Seniority List
In addition to the posting provisions required under the reduction in force provisions, the seniority list shall be posted once annually, by January 15th of each work year. The Employer shall prepare and submit to the Association President a seniority list indicating, by area of certification, license, or job classification the first day worked, the date of Employer resolution to hire, and the contract status (limited or continuing) of each employee. Said list shall be provided to the Association President on or before the date of posting.
The names of employees on the seniority list shall appear in seniority rank order within areas of certification, license, or entry-level requirement, with the name of the most senior employee appearing at the top of the listing and the name of the least senior employee appearing at the bottom of the listing.