Code: FF
Amity School District 4J
Adopted: 12/13/89
Naming New Facilities
The general policy is to name schools by geographic area served or grade level whenever possible. Schools may be named for individual persons who have been outstanding in educational endeavors or who have worked for better schools and educational programs in the community and/or in the state; early pioneers of the Amity community or Yamhill/Polk County.
The general procedure for selecting a school name shall be as follows:
- The Board shall appoint a committee of two citizens from the immediate community served by the particular school; one representative from the teachers’ group, one representative from the classified employee’s group, one Board member and one student;
- The appointed committee will seek community input for name proposals, and present a list of three to five names to the superintendent, who will forward them to the Board;
- The Board shall then make the final name selection.
END OF POLICY
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