The Board values the participation and the support of District-community groups, including, but not limited to, the booster club and parent organizations, which strive for the betterment of the District and the educational program. The Board will work closely with these groups.
Prior to any purchase of, or fundraising for the purchase of goods or services for the District, the group will confer with the appropriate administrator to assist the group in purchasing goods or services to meet the District’s needs.
It is the responsibility of the building principal/and or activity director to be the liaison with District-community groups affiliated with the building principal’s attendance center.
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Approved: 11/14/67 |
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Revised: 1/9/12; 7/8/13; 4/8/19; 10/13/25
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The Board recognizes the valuable resource it has in the members of the District community. District administrators may ask members of the District community to make presentations to the students and/or to assist employees in duties other than teaching when the volunteering would be appropriate considering the needs of the educational program. The volunteer may be asked to agree to a criminal background check and/or a sexual abuse check. The district may officially recognize the contributions made by volunteers.
Recruitment, training, utilization, and the maintenance of records for the purposes of insurance coverage and/or recognition of District volunteers is the responsibility of the Superintendent.
Volunteers within the district are held to the same high standards of behavior as school employees and may be subject to background checks prior to interacting with the students in a volunteer capacity. It is the responsibility of the Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee to create regulations necessary to carry out this policy.
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Approved: 1/8/07 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 1/9/12; 7/8/13; 10/13/25 |
The following individuals may be recognized with a life-time pass to all District activities held in/on District facilities and/or grounds:
Residents sixty (60) years of age and older may obtain a life-time pass to all District activities held in/on District facilities and/or grounds upon the resident’s request at the administration office.
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Approved: 9/17/84 Reviewed: 1/14/02 Revised: 1/9/12; 7/8/13; 3/9/15; 4/8/19; 10/13/25
The Board shall work with the other local governmental entities, colleges and universities, technical schools, businesses and industries, private schools, educational associations, local community organizations and associations, and other school districts to provide additional education opportunities for the students in the District. As part of this cooperative relationship, the Board may include these entities in the District communications program.
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Approved: 2/12/90 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 2/13/12; 7/8/13; 10/13/25 |
The Board welcomes the interest of parents and other members of the District community and invites them to visit school buildings and sites. Visitors, which include persons other than employees or students, must notify the building principal and/or the Superintendent of their presence in the facility upon arrival.
Persons who wish to visit a classroom while school is in session must notify the classroom teacher and/or principal and obtain approval from the principal and/or class room teacher prior to the visit so appropriate arrangements can be made and so class disruption can be minimized. If a person notifies the classroom teacher prior to a visit, the classroom teacher shall obtain approval from the principal.
Visitors will conduct themselves in a manner fitting to their age level and maturity and with mutual respect and consideration for the rights of others while attending school events. Visitors failing to conduct themselves accordingly may be asked to leave the premises. Children who wish to visit school must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.
It is the responsibility of employees to report inappropriate conduct. It is the responsibility of the Superintendent and principals to take the action necessary to cease the inappropriate conduct. If the Superintendent or principals are not available, a school district employee will act to cease the inappropriate conduct.
Children who wish to visit school must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. Teachers and other employees shall take time from their duties to discuss matters with visitors, as their schedules allow.
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Approved: 11/14/67 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 1/9/12; 7/8/13; 10/13/25 |
The Board expects that students, employees, and visitors will treat each other with respect, engage in responsible behavior, exercise self-discipline, and model fairness, equity, and respect. Individuals violating this policy will be subject to discipline. Students will be disciplined consistent with the student conduct policies and the law. Employees will be disciplined consistent with employee discipline policies and the law. Others will be subject to discipline according to this policy.
Individuals are permitted to attend school sponsored or approved activities or visit school premises only as guests of the District, and, as a condition, they must comply with the District's rules and policies. Individuals will not be allowed to interfere with or disrupt the education program or activity. Visitors, like the participants, are expected to display mature, responsible behavior. The failure of individuals to do so is not only disruptive, but embarrassing to the students, the District, and the entire community.
The following provisions are in effect to protect the rights of students to participate in the educational program or activities without fear of interference or disruption and to permit the school officials, employees, and activity sponsors and officials to perform their duties without interference or disruption:
If an individual becomes physically or verbally abusive, uses vulgar, obscene or demeaning expression, or in any way interrupts an activity, the individual may be removed from the event by the individual in charge of the event. Law enforcement may be contacted for assistance.
Individuals removed from school premises have the ability to follow the Board's chain of command and complaint policies should they choose to do so. The exclusion is in effect should the individual choose to appeal the decision of the Superintendent. The term "individual" as used in the policy also includes students and employees.
If an individual has been notified of exclusion and thereafter tries to enter a school building or attends a sponsored or approved activity, the individual will be advised that their attendance will result in prosecution. The District may obtain a court order for permanent exclusion from the school building or from future school sponsored or approved activities.
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Approved: 1/8/07 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 1/9/12; 7/8/13; 10/13/25 |
The Board recognizes that students, employees, parents or citizens may want to distribute materials within the District that are non-curricular. Non-curricular materials to be distributed must be approved by the building principal and meet certain standards prior to their distribution.
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Approved: 1/8/07 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 2/13/12; 7/8/13; 10/13/25 |
I. Guidelines
Individuals, including students, have the right to exercise freedom of speech. This includes the right to distribute on school grounds, at reasonable times and places, unofficial written material, petitions, buttons, badges or other insignia, except expression which:
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is obscene to minors; |
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is libelous; |
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contains indecent, vulgar, profane or lewd language; |
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advertises any product or service not permitted to minors by law; |
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constitutes insulting or fighting words, the very expression of which injures or harasses other people (e.g., threats of violence, defamation of character or of a person’s race, religion, gender, disability, age or ethnic origin); |
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presents a clear and present likelihood that, either because of its content or the manner of distribution or display, it will cause a material and substantial disruption of the proper and orderly operation and discipline of the school or school activities, will cause the commission of unlawful acts or the violation of lawful school regulations. |
Distribution or display on school premises of material in categories (a) through (d) above to any student is prohibited. Distribution or display on school premises of material in categories (e) and (f) above to a substantial number of students is prohibited.
II. Procedures
Anyone wishing to distribute unofficial written material must first submit for approval a copy of the material to the building principal at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the desired distribution or display time, together with the following information:
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The name and phone number of the person submitting the request, and if the person is a student, the student’s grade and homeroom; |
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The date(s) and time(s) of day of the intended display or distribution; |
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The location(s) where the material will be displayed or distributed; |
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The grade(s) of the students to whom the display or distribution is intended. |
Within twenty-four (24) hours of submission, the principal will render a decision whether the material violates the guidelines in subsection I or the time, place, and manner restrictions in Subsection III of this policy. In the event that permission to distribute the material is denied, the person submitting the request should be informed in writing of the reasons for the denial. Permission to distribute or display material does not imply approval of its contents by either the school, the administration, the Board or the individual reviewing the material submitted.
If the person submitting the request does not receive a response within twenty-four (24) hours of submission, the person shall contact the building principal’s office to verify that the lack of response was not due to an inability to locate the person. If the person has made this verification and there is no response to the request, the material may be distributed in accordance with the time, place, and manner provisions in Subsection III.
If the person is dissatisfied with the decision of the principal, the person may submit a written request for appeal to the Superintendent. If the person does not receive a response within three school days of submitting the appeal, the person shall contact the superintendent to verify that the lack of response is not due to an inability to locate the person. If the person has made this verification and there is no response to the appeal, the material may be distributed in accordance with the time, place, and manner provisions in Subsection III.
At every level of the process, the person submitting the request shall have the right to appear and present the reasons, supported by relevant witnesses and material, as to why distribution or display of the written material is appropriate.
Permission to distribute or display material does not imply approval of its contents by either the school district, the Board, the administration or the individual reviewing the material submitted.
III. Time, Place, and Manner of Distribution
The distribution or display of written materials is prohibited when it negatively affects the safetyof students on school premises or otherwise disrupts school activities. The distribution or displayof unofficial material shall be limited to a reasonable time, place, and manner as follows:
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The material shall be displayed at or distributed from a table set up for the purpose in a location designated by the principal. The location shall not block the safe flow of traffic, block the corridors or entrance ways or negatively affect the safety of students and shall give reasonable access to students. |
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The material shall be distributed or displayed either before and/or after the regular instructional day |
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No written material may be displayed or distributed during and at the place of a normal school activity if it is reasonably likely to cause a material and substantial disruption of the activity. |
IV. Definitions
The following definitions apply to the terms used in this policy:
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“Obscene to minors” is defined as:
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“Minor” means any person under the age of eighteen. |
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“Material and substantial disruption” of a normal school activity is defined as follows:
In order for expression to be considered disruptive, there must exist specific facts upon which the likelihood of disruption can be forecast including past experience in the school, current events influencing student activities and behavior, and instances of actual or threatened disruption relating to the written material in question. |
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“School activities” means any activity of students sponsored by the school and includes, by way of example, but not limited to, classroom work, library activities, physical education classes, official assemblies and other similar gatherings, school athletic contests, band concerts, school plays, and in-school lunch periods. |
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“School premises” means District property and/or property within the jurisdiction of the District and District owned and/or operated transportation. “School premises” includes, but is not limited to, school buildings, school grounds, school busses, and locations under the jurisdiction of the District where school activities are held. |
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“Unofficial written material” includes all written material except school newspapers, literary magazines, yearbooks, and other publications funded and/or sponsored or authorized by the school. Examples include leaflets, brochures, fliers, petitions, placards, and underground newspapers, whether written by students or others. |
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“Libelous” is a false and unprivileged statement about a specific individual that tends to harm the individual’s reputation or to lower him or her in the esteem of the community. |
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“Distribution” means circulation or dissemination of written material by means of handing out free copies, selling or offering copies for sale and accepting donations for copies. It includes displaying written material in areas of the school which are generally frequented by students. |
V. Disciplinary Action
Distribution by any student of unofficial written material prohibited in Subsection I or in violation of Subsection III may be halted and students may be subject to discipline including suspension and expulsion. Any other party violating this policy may be requested to leave the school premises immediately, and if necessary, local law enforcement officials will be contacted.
VI. Notice of Policy to Students
A copy of this policy will be published in student handbooks or posted conspicuously in school buildings.
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Approved: 7/8/13 |
Reviewed: 4/8/19 |
Revised: 10/13/25 |