9211 - DISTRICT SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

The Board of Education 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.

These needs may be educational to parents and/or children. In addition to parents, membership shall be available to the District's professional staff.

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 implement administrative guidelines which ensure that each group's fund-raising activities are in compliance with Board policies and that the funds are used for school-related projects that have the approval of the District Administrator and the principal.

Each volunteer organization shall work within the appropriate school setting and in cooperation with the principal and other staff members. Each group will submit its bylaws to the District Administrator for review by the Board and shall abide by the policies of the Board and the guidelines established by the District Administrator.

The District Administrator shall implement administrative 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.

Any organization described in this policy must obtain advance written permission from the District Administrator before using any of the District's logos, graphics, or images commonly associated with the District and/or its name as well as the District's or school's slogans, specifically: "One Town. One School. One Family." for the purpose of describing or promoting the organization or any activity of the organization.

Additionally, the Board does not condone the use of pictures, graphics, depictions, or the like of images that are commonly associated with Native Americans or indigenous people.

Revised 3/2/15

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