307.02

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Naming Facilities

The Board will consider requests to name or rename buildings and facilities from community and school groups. The Board may decide to appoint an ad hoc committee of three Board members to hold hearings on a request to name or rename a facility. The ad hoc committee will then make a recommendation to the Board.

It is the practice of the District to name elementary schools after Presidents of the United States, intermediate schools after former superintendents, and high schools based upon compass direction.

Requests to rename portions of buildings, i.e. wings, auditoriums, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and separate facilities must come before the Board. The administration will be responsible for making the requests to the Board to change names in these portions of buildings.

Name Signs on School Buildings

The District shall provide a suitable identifying sign at each new school, and the sign shall contain the full name of the school.

Each new school and/or major renovation and/or addition should include a plaque listing dates of building and names of appropriate officials involved in construction.

Any existing structure not having such a plaque shall have an appropriate plaque provided.

• By action of the Board 9/18/95; Revised and combined 1/24/00; Reviewed 11/26/07

• Edited 11/07

307.04

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Energy Use

The District is environmentally conscious and accepts responsibility for developing and enforcing programs and procedures which conserve energy and other natural resources. Optimizing existing funding sources through effective energy use is a priority.

The District will maintain an energy management program which will:

• Decrease expenditures through energy cost savings, utility rebates, energy source purchasing plans, and building energy conservation measures
• Provide guidelines for the purchase of energy efficient equipment
• Encourage energy conservation understanding at all grade levels
• Maintain a safe and healthy learning environment
• Optimize the use of our energy resources
• Comply with federal guidelines if applicable

(Previously known as Recommended Building Temperature Policy)

• By action of the Board: 9/20/76; 9/10/79/ 2/14/83; Revised 3/11/91; 1/24/00; Revised 03/13/06

• Edited 03/06

307.05

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Reward for Information Regarding Vandalism

It shall be the policy of the District to provide rewards for information regarding vandalism to school property. The following guidelines shall apply:

1. The administration shall be authorized to establish rewards not greater than $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons guilty of vandalism and/or theft in any of the schools

2. Notices of such reward shall be announced in the school in which the vandalism occurred as well as being given to the news media

3. All information that results from such announcements should be received by the Superintendent or designee who will transmit such information to representatives of the police department for action

4. The Superintendent or superintendent's designee shall be responsible to keep confidential the names of any informant and to make payment of any reward due as a result of such information

5. The members of the police department shall confirm the fact that such information did result in the arrest and conviction prior to any reward being made

6. The Superintendent or superintendent's designee shall be authorized to sign complaints against individuals accused of vandalism when necessary in order that such cases may be properly referred to the courts

7. Employees of the Board and members of the police department shall be ineligible to receive such rewards.

• By action of the Board 9/20/76, 2/14/83, Revised 10/14/91; Revised 1/24/00; Revised 11/26/07

• Edited 11/07

307.06

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Unauthorized Persons in Buildings

All citizens are encouraged to visit our school buildings and to observe the many outstanding activities that are part of the school day. However, any person desiring to visit a school shall report to the principal's office for a visitor's pass and is required to wear that pass during the time spent in the building in order to be readily identified by school staff. Unauthorized persons are prohibited from entering or loitering in school buildings or on school property and are subject to arrest.

• By action of the Board 9/20/76, 2/14/83; Reviewed 10/14/91; Revised 7/10/95; Revised 1/24/00; Reviewed 11/26/07

• Edited 11/07

307.07

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Conflicts of Interest

District employees shall not sell, in any one occurrence, any goods or services having a value in excess of $500 to any state agency unless the sale is made pursuant to an award or contract let after public notice and competitive bidding. However, "services" does not include instruction at an accredited educational institution if the person providing the instruction meets the minimum education and licensing requirements established for teachers at the education institution.

Members of the Board shall not have an interest, direct or indirect, in a contract for the purchase of goods, including materials and profits, and the performance of services for the District. This prohibition does not apply to contracts which benefit a Director, if the benefit to the Director does not exceed $2,500 in a fiscal year, and contracts made by the Board, upon competitive bid in writing, are publicly invited and open.

Board members and teachers may not act as agents or dealers for school textbooks or for school supplies during the term of office or employment.

Members of the Board who have, or may have, an interest in any contract to furnish supplies, materials, or labor to the District shall disclose such interest.

Board members shall not receive compensation directly from the Board with the exception of legitimate expenses for performing official duties as allowed by Iowa Code § 279.32.

The appointment of any other relative within the third degree of a Board member shall be made only by action of the Board. This does not apply, however, to public school teachers, but it does apply to other District employees.

• Legal References: Iowa Code §§ 68B, 71.1, 273.8(2), 277.27, 279.7A, 279.32, 301.28

• By action of the Board 7/12/93; Revised 6/26/00; Reviewed 11/26/07

• Edited 11/07