VACANCIES, PROMOTIONS, TRANSFERS. A. Whenever a professional vacancy shall occur the Board of Education shall notify the Association and make such posting in each building for five (5) working days. Vacancies occurring during the summer vacation period will be posted for ten (10) working days. A request by a teacher for transfer or promotion to a different class, building or position shall be made in writing to the superintendent and the Association. The request for a transfer shall state the reasons and the position sought. Response to such requests by the Superintendent shall be in writing with copies provided the teacher and the Association. Such requests may be reviewed annually. Management requests that any teacher who intends to retire and or resign from their current position submit to the Superintendent a letter of intent to do so by February 1 of the current calendar year. The February 1 deadline does not apply to members affected by the letter of understanding regarding the current early retirement program. The Board of Education reserves the right to post outside the association for professional vacancies at the same time it posts internally for professional vacancies. This will not affect current contract language surrounding vacancies, promotions and transfers. B. A vacancy shall be defined as: 1. A new position. 2. Any position resulting from death, resignation, retirement, transfer, promotion, dismissal, reorganization, program adjustment, but excludes positions held for employees on leaves of absence. C. When a decision has been made by the Board to fill a vacancy it shall be based on the following qualifications:
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