File: KHA
PUBLIC
SOLICITATIONS IN THE SCHOOLS
The
School Committee will place limits on commercial activities and fund-raising
activities in
the
schools for the following reasons:
1.
The
school system should provide students, parents, and employees some measure of
protection from exploitation by commercial
and charitable fund-raising organizations.
2.
The
school system should not give the public the impression of generally endorsing
or
sanctioning commercial and fund-raising
activities.
3.
Promotes
inappropriate competition among students or creates/highlights inequities
among students
Following
these guiding statements, the Superintendent and Principal may permit
occasional
commercial
or fund-raising activities related to the objectives of the school and
consistent with
the
school’s mission statement.
For
the purposes of this policy, the Shutesbury Elementary PTO and groups
representing school
students
and staff will be considered "school groups". Unless otherwise
prohibited by the
Superintendent
or the Principal, “school groups” shall be permitted to conduct reasonable and
limited
fund-raising activities focused on expanding or improving the educational
experience for
students
and staff of the Shutesbury School District.
SOURCE:
MASC
LEGAL
REF.: M.G.L. 44:53A
CROSS
REFS.: GBEBC, Staff Gifts and Solicitations
JJE, Student Fund-Raising Activities
JP, Student Gifts and Solicitations
KHB, Advertising in the Schools
First
Reading: 01/16/14
Final
Vote: 03/20/14