P0650 Selection of School Name

When a new school is to be named, or an existing school renamed, the Board of Education shall consider all names that have been submitted. Schools shall be named for deceased persons. Elementary schools shall be named for deceased prominent local citizens; middle schools shall be named for deceased prominent local, state, or national citizens; and high schools shall be given directional names according to the part of the school district in which the building is located. Any facility used for purposes other than instructional centers shall be designated by the Board of Education in accordance with the functions of the facility. 

Implemental Procedures 

1. The Clerk of the Board shall maintain a list of names of outstanding deceased citizens which have been submitted as persons for whom a school might be named. 
2. A member of the Board of Education shall serve as chairperson of an ad hoc committee appointed by the president of the Board of Education to consider names for schools. The following factors are to be considered: 
   1. Contribution in the field of education 
   2. Unusual contribution to the civic life of the community, state, or nation 
   3. Esteem with which the person was held by the people in the community, state, or nation. 
3. The Board of Education will act in regular session to name the school. Following action, the Clerk of the Board shall promptly notify the appropriate district offices.  

Latest Revision Date: November 2017 

Previous Revision Date: September 1997 P0650 

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