General Reduction in Force. If, for the reasons set forth in ORC §3319.17, the Board determines it necessary to reduce the number of bargaining unit positions, the provisions of ORC §3319.17 will be used. In making any such reduction, the Board of Education shall proceed to suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools who shall, within each teaching field affected, give preference first to teachers on continuing contracts. The Superintendent shall not give preference to any teacher based on seniority, except when making a decision between teachers who have comparable evaluations and shall use the following procedures to implement this provision: 1. Prior to making a reduction in force, the Superintendent/Designee shall identify those teachers whose teaching field is affected by the need to reduce the number of teachers employed by the Board (hereinafter, “RIF Pool”); 2. Next, the Superintendent/Designee shall exclude any teacher from the RIF Pool who previously attained continuing contract status within the District provided however that this requirement shall not apply where the RIF Pool contains only teachers with continuing contract status; 3. Next, the Superintendent/Designee shall review written evaluations together with any related materials (hereinafter, “Evaluations”) of each teacher in the RIF Pool. This review shall consider the Evaluations completed for the most recent three
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
