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EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL

The West Baton Rouge Parish School Board and its administrative staff believe that it has an obligation to provide the children attending its schools with the very best personnel available regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin or any similar personal characteristic or affiliation with any teacher union or association.

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining appropriate procedures for reviewing and evaluating any and all applicants for selection, including administrative and supervisory personnel, and assuring adherence to applicable state and federal legal requirements.  Selection of personnel to fill all positions shall be based upon performance, effectiveness, and qualifications applicable to each specific position.  Decisions shall be made on a non-discriminatory basis with selection procedures and evaluative criteria known to all applicants.  Applicants should not resort to the use of political, social, or other pressures to gain employment or promotion.

Teachers and all other personnel shall be selected for employment by the Superintendent.  It shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent to ensure that all persons recommended have proper certification where applicable, and are qualified for the position.  Seniority and tenure shall not be used as the primary criteria when making any employment decision.

The Superintendent shall delegate to the school principal all decisions regarding the employment of any teacher or other personnel at the school in which the principal is employed, subject to the approval of the Superintendent.

Preference in hiring prospective personnel shall be given persons living within the school district when all other qualifications are equal.  All newly employed teacher personnel shall be introduced to the School Board at the regularly scheduled School Board meeting held in September of each year.

The Superintendent and/or his/her designee shall consult with teachers regarding any possible selections made by the Superintendent for the hiring or placement of a principal at the school in which such teachers are employed, subject to the provisions of any applicable court order.  When a vacancy for a principalship occurs, teachers may submit to the Superintendent, in writing, their opinions relative to the appointment at the school in which they are employed.  The Superintendent will consider these opinions in his or her recommendation.  These opinions shall be kept confidential by the Superintendent.

BUS OPERATORS

New bus operators shall be employed by the contractor designated by the School Board to provide transportation services for the West Baton Rouge Parish School System.

FEDERAL OR STATE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS

Whenever the School Board is the recipient of grants from federal, state or private funding agencies for supplementing and/or funding of innovative educational strategies, long range planning, and special supportive services, such grants may fund staff positions related to the grants.  Grant-funded positions may be full-time or part-time positions established for specific periods of time, not to exceed the scheduled termination date of the applicable grant funded.  The letter of appointment sent to an employee for grant-funded positions shall state that continuation of the employee’s service in that position shall be contingent upon the continuing availability of funds from the applicable grant funding source.

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:81.9, 17:413, 17:493.1, 23:897

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 12-1-76, 10-5-77, 8-2-78, 4-10-80, 5-7-80, 9-4-84, 6-19-85, 7-16-86, 12-20-89, 8-16-93, 11-18-98, 12-17-98, 1-21-04, 3-16-05, 7-18-07, 5-20-09, 11-10-09, 9-19-12, 11-28-18

West Baton Rouge Parish School Board