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For more information visit our privacy policy.BOARD RIGHTS (a) It is expressly agreed that all rights which ordinarily vest in and have been exercised by the Board, except those which are clearly and expressly relinquished herein by the Board, shall continue to vest exclusively in and be exercised exclusively by the Board, without prior negotiations with the Union either as to the taking of action under such rights or with respect to the consequence of such action during the term of this Agreement. Such rights shall include, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, the right to: 1. Manage and control its business, its equipment, and its operations and to direct the working forces and affairs of the School District. 2. Continue its rights, policies and practices of assignment and direction of its personnel, determine the number of personnel and scheduling of all the foregoing, but not in conflict with the specific provisions of this Agreement, and the right to establish, modify or change any work or business of school hours or days. 3. The right to direct the working forces, including the right to hire, promote, suspend and discharge employees, transfer employees, assign work or duties to employees, determine the size of the work force and to lay off employees, but not conflict with the provisions of this Agreement. 4. Determine the services, supplies and equipment necessary to continue its operations and to determine all methods and means of distributing, disseminating, and/or selling its services, methods, schedules and standards of operation, the means, methods and processes of carrying on the work, including automation or contracting thereof or changes therein, the institution of new and/or improved methods or changes therein. 5. Adopt reasonable rules and regulations. 6. Determine the qualifications of employees, including physical conditions. 7. Determine the number and location or relocation of its facilities, including the establishment or relocations of new schools, buildings, departments, divisions or subdivisions thereof and the relocation or closing of offices, departments, divisions or subdivisions, buildings or other facilities. 8. Determine the placement of operations, production, services, maintenance or distribution of work, and the source of materials and supplies. 9. Determine the financial policies, including all accounting procedures, and all matters pertaining to public relations. 10. Determine the size of the management organization, its functions, authority, amount of supervision and table of organization, provided that the Board shall not abridge any rights from employees as specifically provided for in this Agreement. 11. Determine the policy affecting the selection, testing or training of employees providing that such selection shall be based upon lawful criteria. (b) The above are not to be interpreted as abridging or conflicting with any specific provisions of this Agreement. (c) The matters contained in this Agreement and/or the exercise of any such rights of the Board are not subject to further negotiations between the parties during the term of this Agreement.