Preference, Retention and Seniority. The Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources and Operations shall issue, on March 1, to each monitor, a preference request form on which the monitor shall state the number of hours preferred and the location preferred for his/her next assignment. Preference request forms are to be returned to the Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources and Operations by April 1. The Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources and Operations shall consider the preference request forms when making assignments and shall make a reasonable effort to satisfy the request forms. During the last three weeks (May/June) of the school year, the Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources and Operations shall issue to each monitor, his/her tentative assignment for the next school year, which shall state the number of hours and location assigned. Monitors shall be retained in employment by order of seniority, most senior retained first, with seniority defined as length of service in the AFT bargaining unit, counted in years and fractional parts of years, regardless of number of hours assigned. The accumulation of seniority shall include working periods both before and after lay-off, but shall not include non-working periods during lay-off.
