When the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of administrative positions, the following procedures shall apply. To the extent possible, the number of administrators affected by a reduction in force will be minimized by not employing replacements for employees who retire, resign or whose limited contracts are not renewed for reasons other than reduction in force. Reductions needed beyond those resulting from attrition are made by suspending or nonrenewing contracts. Those contracts to be suspended are chosen as follows. All administrators are placed on seniority lists.
Seniority is defined as the length of continuous service in the District.
Seniority is not interrupted by authorized leaves of absence. B. Reductions shall be made with preference being given first to administrators with seniority. Administrators on the recall list have the following rights. No new administrators will be employed by the Board while there are administrators on the recall list who are certificated to fill the vacancy. B. Administrators on the recall list are recalled in order of seniority for vacancies in areas for which they are certificated.