Common use of REDUCTION IN STAFF Clause in Contracts

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- laid-off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new The procedures set forth in this section apply to reduction in the number of tenured teachers necessitated by a decrease in enrollment or for any other reason permitted by the law subsequent to the date of execution of this section. The procedures set forth in this section shall be hired apply to non-tenured teachers when in subject areas before the judgment of the district it is necessary to only reduce the number of non-tenured teachers for any reason. The procedures in this section shall not apply to tenured teachers who are laid off from other subject areas have either been dismissed under AS 14.20.170 or non-retained on the grounds stated in AS 14.20.175 (b). Similarly, the procedures set forth shall not apply to non-tenured teachers who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established have been dismissed or non-retained for reasons not related to a reduction in the administrative guidelinesnumber of teachers, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide even if resulting in the number of teachers being reduced. A tenured teacher who is laid off under a reduction in force shall be subject to a layoff plan developed in accordance with law by Alaska teaching certificate endorsement by seniority subject to the District’s determination of District-wide program needs and shall be placed on the recall list in seniority order by area of endorsement (s). A non-tenured teacher hired prior to October 16 who is nonretained solely for the purpose of effectuating a reduction in force shall also be placed on the recall list. Non- tenured teachers shall be non-retained in seniority order by Alaska teaching certificate endorsement subject to the District’s determination of District-wide program needs. A teacher placed on the recall list shall remain on the list for three (3) years from the effective date of the nonretention unless the teacher requests to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year removed from the list or seniority break on unless the teacher seniority listis removed from the list by the District as provided below. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual A teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty removed from the recall list if, within thirty (6030) calendar days prior to after the end mailing date of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty a written offer of recall for a tenured teacher and within ten (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (1510) calendar days prior for a non-tenured teacher, the teacher declines the offer or fails to accept it. This subsection shall not apply if within thirty (30) calendar days after the end mailing date of a written offer of recall for a tenured teacher and within ten (10) calendar days for a non- tenured teacher after the mailing date of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schoolsoffer, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.;

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers 15.1 During the term of this Agreement, the Committee shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended unconditionally retain its sole discretion under law to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide determine the number of teachers positions and employees in the bargaining unit. 15.2 If the Committee determines that reductions in staff are necessary or warranted because of a decrease in the number of pupils or for any other reason, the following standards and procedure will be applied: (a) The Committee shall effectuate said reductions in the following order: (i) Those teachers, if any, whom the Committee can demonstrate have performed in a less than satisfactory manner for two (2) consecutive school years, including the year in which the reduction in force is to take place, shall be laid off first; (ii) Should further reductions in force be necessary, they shall be performed in inverse order of seniority. (b) Teachers whom the Committee has designated to be laid off pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.2(a)(i) above shall be given notice of said designation on June 1st of the school year in which they are to be laid off. (a) Seniority shall be defined as a person’s total length of continuous service measured in years and days from the date of last hire in the Dedham Public Schools. The Continuous service during an entire school year shall be treated as one year regardless of the number of actual teacher days in that school year. Service during a portion of the school year shall be measured in teacher days provided that the accumulation of one hundred (180) teacher days shall be counted as one year for purposes of this article. Said continuous service shall include time spent on paid leaves of absence, but shall not include time spent on unpaid leaves of absence. However, unpaid leaves of absence shall not be deemed to break seniority from date of last hire. A teacher employed on a regular part-time basis shall receive seniority credit during any period of part-time employment pro-rated according to the teacher’s regular schedule. For example, a teacher regularly employed for one (1) continuous year on a one-half (1/2) time basis, shall receive one-half (1/2) year’s seniority. (b) Termination shall not be deemed a break in seniority. A teacher returning from a layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break shall be credited with all of her/his previously accumulated seniority. For the purpose of layoff in the event that employees have equal seniority, as herein before defined, the teacher has attained the highest level of education recognized on the teacher salary schedule shall be considered senior. When determining seniority in accord with the highest level of education recognized on the salary schedule, the date used will be February 1 following timely posting of the seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation Further ties, if any, shall be resolved by lot before March 1 of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to each year and the overall education programseniority list amended accordingly as of such date and posted by April 1. Prior to The drawing of lots will establish the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list seniority of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status previously tied parties hereafter unless one party’s seniority changes because of a necessary reduction change in personnel educational attainment, as described above. If after such change in educational attainment, teachers again become tied, such further ties shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior resolved by lot in the same manner. 15.4 Each year the Committee shall publish a seniority list setting forth the seniority of all employees as of October 1 of such year. Such list will be posted as soon as possible thereafter, but not later than November 1. Any teacher who wishes to challenge the determination of his/her seniority must submit such challenge in writing to the end Committee within ten (10) school days from the date of posting of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15seniority list. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new The Board of Education will establish the educational curriculum and staffing requirements. Prior to making a reduction in staff, the Board of Education agrees to discuss the matter with the Association. B. Seniority shall be defined as length of service as a teacher within the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District. 1. Seniority begins on the employee's first working day. 2. Teachers shall be placed on the seniority list by an impartial drawing separating everyone with the same starting date. 3. The seniority list shall be published and posted conspicuously in all buildings of the District by October 15th of each school year. Revisions and updates of the seniority list shall also be published and posted at the beginning of the second semester. 4. Seniority shall be broken for the following reasons: a. If the employee quits b. If the employee is legally discharged. c. If the employee retires d. If the employee is absent for three (3) consecutive working days without properly notifying the employer. (This includes return from sick leave and leaves of absence.) e. If the employee gives a false reason for a requested leave of absence excluding personal leave days. 5. The seniority of part-time teachers shall be hired in subject areas before accrue at the same rate as full-time teachers. C. In the event it becomes necessary to reduce the number of teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelinesneeded, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policyshall follow the procedure listed below: 1. Temporary personnelIf further reduction is still necessary, then tenure teachers with the least seniority will be laid first provided there are certified and qualified teachers to replace them. 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certificationIf these factors are equal, then experience at the grade level or within the subject discipline in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District will be the deciding factor. 3. Tenure teachers according The Association will be given an opportunity to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide review the number of layoff list prior to notification to the individual teachers to be laid off. The layoff Notice will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty mailed within seven (607) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty Board action (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers not when minutes are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedulesapproved). 4. If these Any layoff pursuant to this Agreement shall automatically terminate the individual's employment contract. Insurance premiums will continue on a pro-rated basis consistent with the Master Contract. In no case will fringe benefits be continued for less than one month. Laid off teachers cannot make a selection may, subject to the terms of the carrier, continue the insurance benefits by paying the premiums directly to the school. 5. Teachers who find it necessary to take additional classes to meet the qualifications shall be reimbursed the cost of tuition for the necessary classes according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned the following schedule: An "A" in the class equals seventy (current70%) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certificationpercent reimbursement; a "B" in the class equals sixty (60%) percent reimbursement; a "C" in the class equals thirty (30%) percent reimbursement.

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall The Committee retains the right to determine the number of teaching positions and other professional positions which are needed in the school system. It also retains the right to determine the employees to be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified in accordance with the procedures and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policystandards set forth below: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary Before any teachers according are laid off, an attempt will be made to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide meet any reduction in the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur teaching positions or other professional positions through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedurenormal attrition. 2. If these teachers canA teacher with professional status shall not displace any other teachers according be laid off if there is a teacher not on professional status whose position the teacher on professional status is qualified to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedurefill. 3. By March 1 In determining the order in which professional status teachers or school nurses shall be laid off, the Committee shall consider only the following factors in laying off teachers within a discipline: the teachers’ job performance as evidenced by the member’s past two (2) summative overall evaluation ratings as compared to other teachers’ past two (2) summative overall evaluation ratings in the programs discipline targeted to be consolidated will select their assignments from reduced with evaluations with ratings of Proficient and Exemplary being considered equal and the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development best interests of the building schedulesstudents as evidenced by the recommendation of the Superintendent, professional training, and experience within a discipline during the continuous years of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools. In the event that two or more teachers are, in the judgment of the Committee, deemed to be substantially equal on the basis of evaluation, the recommendation of the Superintendent, professional training, and experience within a discipline during the continuous years of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools, the least senior of such teachers shall be laid off first. 4. Continuous employment in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools, including periods of leaves of absence for which salary credit is granted, shall be used to compute the length of service. 5. For purposes of this Agreement, a seniority list shall be established by the School Committee by October 1 and forwarded to the Association and posted in all school buildings. The list shall be by disciplines as set forth in Paragraph B of Article XX and shall list the total number of years, months, and days in a professional position in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School Department, including periods of leaves of absence for which salary credit is given. Teachers upon return from unpaid leaves of absence shall be credited with prior service. Should an individual choose to challenge the accuracy of the list, written notice shall be sent to the Superintendent within 10 days of the posting. If these teachers cannot make a selection according the Association and the Administration are unable to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.resolve the challenge within

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers In cases requiring a reduction of the teacher's work force due to a decrease in student enrollment, to allow for maximum reemployment, or because of insufficient funds, the order of reduction shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policybe: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. Seniority shall mean continuous employment in the L'Anse Creuse Public Schools school district as a bargaining unit member. Seniority shall also accrue to teachers who are on disability leave, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), teachers who are on layoff status, teachers on Association leave, and teachers who are on Career Option leave. Time for unpaid leave of absence, except as previously stated, shall not count toward seniority. Certified personnel who held supervisory or executive positions, and who held active employment status as of September 8, 1980, shall receive credit on the seniority list for all teaching and supervisory experience in L'Anse Creuse. Persons newly employed in supervisory or executive positions after September 8, 1980, shall not be placed on the bargaining unit seniority list, nor shall they be credited with any seniority should they attempt to transfer to bargaining unit status. The starting date for seniority credit shall be the first teacher contract calendar day worked. The Board of Education shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of Agreement #15a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. By February 21st of each school year, the Board, after consultation with the Association, shall publish and deliver to each building representative a copy of the revised seniority list. The Board shall also deliver ten (10) copies of the revised list to the Association. Using the criteria established in this section, the list shall contain the ranking of each bargaining unit member and shall contain the number of years of seniority each member has accrued. The list shall also contain the certification(s) of each member. The list shall be binding in all cases involving seniority. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. In the event of the implementation of this section, the Executive Board members of MEA-NEA Local 1, L'Anse Creuse shall be granted seniority in excess of any other bargaining unit members on the seniority list. MEA-NEA Local 1, L'Anse Creuse will provide the Board a list of Executive Board members each year of this Agreement. This paragraph will not apply to probationary employees. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.L

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new ‌ a. In the event the Committee should determine following any normal attrition that it is necessary to reduce the number of teachers on its staff, a teacher with professional status shall not be laid off if there is a teacher without professional status whose position the teacher with professional status is qualified to fill. b. If a reduction involves the layoff of a teacher with professional status, layoffs shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may grades 9-12, 6-8, or PK-5, by license and shall be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in based on the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policyfactors: 1. Temporary personnelProfessional competency and ability, defined by Summative Evaluation Ratings and disciplinary record over the prior six (6) years as follows: 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education i. Teachers who have been rated Unsatisfactory shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education programfirst ii. Prior to the slotting meetingIf there are no teachers who have been rated Unsatisfactory, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel have been rated Needs Improvement shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days laid off next. iii. Should two or more educators fall into the above-mentioned categories, or no one falls into the above-mentioned categories, disciplinary record shall be the tie-breaker prior to the end of the school year. At moving on to other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedurecriteria. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced Prior teaching experience 3. Areas of specialty and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure.major and minor field of study E. 4. In the event two or more teachers have relatively equal qualifications, ratings, and disciplinary records, the Superintendent shall lay off the teacher with the least seniority. Seniority shall be determined by length of continuous service in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District as defined in Section 13.8. c. The Superintendent shall make a decision good faith effort to communicate with teachers potentially impacted by budget cuts on/or before May 1st. A teacher so affected by a reduction shall be notified in writing by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programslast Friday in May except if, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning as a result of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 aboveRegional School District budget process specified in Chapter 71, Section 16B, no District budget is approved, or the total amount of the District budget which is so approved (and funded by appropriations of both Towns) is less than the total amount of the budget previously adopted by the Committee, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.within ten

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties.Slotting C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in It is within the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline sole discretion of the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education to reduce the education program, curriculum and staff. In order to promote an orderly reduction of teaching personnel the following procedures shall decide be followed: A. This policy shall only apply to the reduction of staff when it includes those persons certified by the Superintendent of Elementary and Secondary Education as classroom teachers, and other education specialists employed in the school system (i.e. “staff”), but shall exclude persons who are carrying out administrative duties. B. Staff with emergency and/or temporary certification shall be released first in the inverse order of their employment by the school district. C. In the event that more staff must be released, the release will be on the basis of skill, ability, performance and seniority as determined through the evaluation process. If a deficiency is noted in the evaluation process, the staff person must be notified of such deficiency. If no deficiency is noted on such evaluation(s) then the release will be on the basis of seniority, provided that no staff person shall be placed in a staff position in which they are not certified and endorsed. D. School District shall maintain a list of certified staff including date of employment. The staff members shall have the right to review the list. Employees may present corrected information on seniority list to the business office. E. Seniority shall be determined solely by the number of teachers to be laid offyears of continuous professional service rendered by a staff member within the school district, including authorized leaves. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on Seniority of individuals hired at the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel same school board meeting shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to determined by lot. F. Notice of intent of release under the end conditions of the school year. At other times, teachers this policy shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #be given by April 15. B. Recall to vacancies G. Staff shall be based on seniority recalled in reverse inverse order of layoffs according release for positions opening for which they are certified in accordance with the above procedure. Recall privileges cease when the staff member either voluntarily resigns or upon being recalled, fails to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to report within fifteen (15) calendar days prior of notification to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessarystaff member’s last known address. D. In H. Each staff member released under the event provisions of this policy who has been employed by the school district at least three (3) full teaching years, shall have his or her name placed on a decision recall list and the recall list shall be maintained by the Board of Education for a period not to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.exceed two

REDUCTION IN STAFF. A. No new teachers shall The Committee retains the right to determine the number of teaching positions and other professional positions which are needed in the school system. It also retains the right to determine the employees to be hired in subject areas before teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified in accordance with the procedures and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policystandards set forth below: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary Before any teachers according are laid off, an attempt will be made to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide meet any reduction in the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur teaching positions or other professional positions through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority list. In special layoff situations due to a discontinuation of a particular program offering, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher only, that teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessary. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year. The teachers from the closed buildings will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedurenormal attrition. 2. If these teachers canA teacher with professional status shall not displace any other teachers according be laid off if there is a teacher not on professional status whose position the teacher on professional status is qualified to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedurefill. 3. By March 1 In determining the order in which professional status teachers or school nurses shall be laid off, the Committee shall consider only the following factors in laying off teachers within a discipline: the teachers’ job performance as evidenced by the member’s past two (2) summative overall evaluation ratings as compared to other teachers’ past two (2) summative overall evaluation ratings in the programs discipline targeted to be consolidated will select their assignments from reduced with evaluations with ratings of Proficient and Exemplary being considered equal and the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development best interests of the building schedulesstudents as evidenced by the recommendation of the Superintendent, professional training, and experience within a discipline during the continuous years of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools. In the event that two or more teachers are, in the judgment of the Committee, deemed to be substantially equal on the basis of evaluation, the recommendation of the Superintendent, professional training, and experience within a discipline during the continuous years of service in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools, the least senior of such teachers shall be laid off first. 4. Continuous employment in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Public Schools, including periods of leaves of absence for which salary credit is granted, shall be used to compute the length of service. 5. For purposes of this Agreement, a seniority list shall be established by the School Committee by October 1 and forwarded to the Association and posted in all school buildings. The list shall be by disciplines as set forth in Paragraph B of Article XX and shall list the total number of years, months, and days in a professional position in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School Department, including periods of leaves of absence for which salary credit is given. Teachers upon return from unpaid leaves of absence shall be credited with prior service. Should an individual choose to challenge the accuracy of the list, written notice shall be sent to the Superintendent within 10 days of the posting. If these teachers cannot make a selection according the Association and the Administration are unable to #3 above then they are resolve the challenge within (20) days of its receipt, the matter may be submitted to be considered part expedited arbitration within five days. B. For purposes of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.this Article, discipline categories shall include: 2. English: Grades 6-12 3. Mathematics: Grades K-5 4. Mathematics: Grades 6-12

REDUCTION IN STAFF. The provisions of this Article 7:8 shall apply only on occasions when the total number of permanent positions in a designated area is reduced. On those occasions when there is such a reduction in the total number of permanent positions, the following procedures will be used: A. No new Staff reductions will first be accomplished through attrition of staff. B. Teachers who are not on a continuing contract with the District will be terminated prior to teachers who are on a continuing contract with the District. C. Should staff reductions extend to teachers who are on a continuing contract with the District, all teachers who are currently teaching in the designated area being reduced, excluding Part-time, Title I and Continuing Substitute teachers, and seniority of teachers shall be hired considered in subject areas before reaching a decision. The teacher with the least seniority shall be laid off first unless a more senior teacher's level of performance, in ascending order of seniority, is significantly inferior to the junior teacher. The first more senior teacher whose level of performance is determined to be significantly inferior to that of the least senior teacher shall be the teacher laid off. If more than one teacher is to be laid off in a designated area, the District shall first compare in ascending order of seniority, the least senior teacher with the more senior teachers. Once a determination is made with respect to that teacher, the next most junior teacher shall be compared to the remaining more senior teachers in ascending order of seniority. This process shall continue until all teachers who are laid off from other subject areas who may be highly qualified and meet effectiveness ratings established in the administrative guidelines, are recalled or decline the opening. The following language will be recommended to the Board by both parties to be adopted as an administrative Policy: 1. Temporary personnel 2. Probationary teachers according to seniority and tiebreaker number and certification 3. Tenure teachers according to seniority and certification. The Board of Education shall decide the number of teachers to be laid off. The layoff will only occur through a complete year or seniority break on the teacher seniority listoff are determined. In special layoff situations due instances where a more senior teacher is significantly less qualified solely because of the teacher's experience and training related to the remaining available positions in the designated area, the District shall make a discontinuation of a particular program offeringgood faith effort to reassign teachers in said designated area being reduced in accordance with the teacher's qualifications so that the senior teachers may be retained. In reassigning teachers in order to insure, or to allow for maximum reemployment whereby certification is limited to an individual teacher onlyas much as possible, that a junior teacher(s) does not displace a senior teacher(s) the District shall reassign teachers in such a manner that if it is necessary for the junior teacher(s) to displace a senior teacher(s), as much as possible, the more senior teacher(s) is retained. If after such reassignments the junior teacher(s) is still significantly more qualified than a senior teacher, the senior teacher may be laid off individually to avoid a major disruption first. Qualifications shall be determined by experience and training related to the overall education program. Prior to the slotting meeting, the Board will provide the Association with a list of remaining available positions for the coming year. Teachers who are placed on layoff status because of a necessary reduction in personnel shall be notified sixty (60) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. At other times, teachers shall receive twenty (20) school days' notice, or in lieu of said notice, they shall receive twenty (20) days' pay. See Letter of Agreement #15. B. Recall to vacancies shall be based on seniority in reverse order of layoffs according to the slotting procedures contained in the document entitled Slotting Procedures for L'Anse Creuse Public Schools. At the request of either party, said procedure will be reviewed and necessary changes may be made by the mutual agreement of both parties. C. Teachers are encouraged to be cognizant of the employment and educational trends relative to their skills. It is realized that up to fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the end of the current school year, in order to allow for maximum reemployment of laid- off teachers for the upcoming school year, involuntary assignments or transfers of non- released teachers may be necessarydesignated area. D. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to close a school or schools, the following procedure Part-time teachers shall be utilized:placed in a pool for the purpose of layoffs in part-time positions. The same procedure as that contained in Section C above shall be followed. 1E. Title I teachers shall be placed in a pool for the purpose of layoffs in Title I positions. By May 10The same procedure as that contained in Section C above shall be followed. F. Should a teacher who has seniority in more than one designated area be laid off in a given designated area, that teacher shall be considered in the pool of teachers in the buildings alternate designated area(s) for the purpose of reduction in staff under the same provisions as contained in Article 7:8C. G. A teacher employed in a position that does not require a specific certification area or designated area in Appendix H, will be considered to be closed will displace the least senior teachers in the school district according to seniority and designated area in which the teacher holds certification by building and/or department in the master schedule for the following school year(last taught). The teachers from the closed buildings teacher will select their new assignments with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning accrue seniority in both his/her current position and in his/her area of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot displace any other teachers according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. E. In the event of a decision by the Board of Education to consolidate two schools into one school or to consolidate programs, the following procedure shall be utilized: 1. By May 10, the teachers in the buildings to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated building’s master schedule with the most senior teacher making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the beginning of the slotting procedure. 2. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #1 above, then they are to be considered displaced and will be assigned according to the approved slotting procedure. 3. By March 1 the teachers in the programs to be consolidated will select their assignments from the consolidated program schedule with the most senior teacher, including tie breaker number, making the first selection. This procedure must be implemented prior to the development of the building schedules. 4. If these teachers cannot make a selection according to #3 above then they are to be considered part of their assigned (current) building staff and will be placed on that master schedule according to their certification.