SCHOOL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS (SSO) | Policy Manual | Pardeeville Area School District

9215 - SCHOOL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS (SSO)

The Board appreciates the efforts of all organizations whose objectives are to enhance the educational experiences of District students, to help meet educational needs of students, and/or provide extra educational benefits not provided for, at the time, by the Board.

The Board recognizes that parent-teacher organizations and other school-related community organizations are channels through which school personnel, parents, and other citizens may discuss educational concerns, problems, and needs and work together toward solutions.

The District Administrator shall:

approve in-District fund-raising activities of a volunteer group as well as fund-raising activities held off-premises which involve students and require that for any fundraisers by District support organizations that involve the sale to students of food items and/or beverages that will be consumed on campus, the food and/or beverage items to be sold comply with the current USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Smart Snack Rules;
establish and maintain procedures related to proposed monetary and other gifts to the District that will provide for proper screening, acceptance, acknowledgement, and use, consistent with accounting procedures established by the State.

Any organization described in this policy must obtain advance written permission from the District Administrator before using any of the District's logos or name for the purpose of describing or promoting the organization or any activity of the organization.

The District Administrator shall implement guidelines that will require each group's fund-raising activities are in compliance with all applicable Board policies, including, but not limited to, the requirement that, if approved, fundraisers that involve the sale to students of food items or beverages to be consumed on campus can only be conducted from thirty (30) minutes following the close of the last lunch period until thirty (30) minutes after the end of the school day. The guidelines shall also require that the funds are used for school-related projects that have the approval of the District Administrator and the Principal.