PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL RESIGNATION
The Board considers a contract with a certified employee to be a mutually binding agreement, which is to be executed both in spirit and in fact. Requests to be released from such contracts are not encouraged.

The Board shall accept any certified employee's resignation for the ensuing school year when it is presented in writing prior to July 1 of the current year.

When a certificated employee makes a written request for a release from his/her contract during the school year, the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Evaluation shall meet with the employee and discuss the situation before bringing a recommendation to the Board. He/She shall review the following factors: impact of the resignation on the educational program; availability of a qualified replacement; uniqueness of the needs of the potential vacancy; competency of the employee in his/her job; and relationship of the notice (if any) given by the employee to the requested resignation date.

The Board has the option to accept or reject the resignation of a certificated employee that is submitted after July 1 of any given school year. Certificated employees who leave the district under terms that are not mutually agreeable shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action up to and including dismissal and a recommendation to the Michigan Department of Education that the employee's certificate be revoked. It shall be the policy of the district to not provide letters of recommendation for that employee and to place an informational letter in the personnel file of the employee.

Once a resignation is tendered and accepted by the Board, that resignation shall be considered final unless its withdrawal is requested and approved by the Board.