What Happens when you Think it Happened and it didn't?

A teacher was about to be non-relected.

This teacher submitted a resignation letter to the principal instead.

The principal may or may not have forwarded it to the HR person.

The HR person went ahead and processed the paperwork so that the teacher could and was not relected for the next school year.

The principal in during this time submitted to the entire faculty a letter of resignation posted to the end of the year.

The teacher's resignation was not honored, but the district's non re election was honored and the board passed the non re election.

The principal's election for the next year was honored at the board meeting and the principal's name was offered and voted to be renewed for the next year.

The teacher did not want the non re election on her record. The district's HR person said that after talking with counsel, there was no way to "undo" a non re election. When asked to recognize the date and meaning of the letter, the HR person said that the HR person needed to consult with counsel.

The HR person was very sorry that an error was made. The HR person said that good recommendations would be provided if asked since the teacher's evaluations were good. Still what was done by the board could not be undone.

The issue lies on the continuance of the HR person to remember the situation or to even stay in the same job during the need for recommendations. We are in a very scary position when a dated letter of resignation is not honored and the machinery of process continues to take its toll whether right or wrong.
Pat