Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township
Bylaws & Policies
 

4231 - OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL

The School Board directs the Superintendent to promulgate the following guidelines so that educational support personnel members may avoid situations in which their personal interests, activities, and associations may conflict with the interests of the District. If nonschool activities threaten an employee's effectiveness within the School District, the Board reserves the right to evaluate the impact of such activity upon the employee's responsibility to the District.

 A.Educational support personnel members should not give school time to outside activities when there is not valid reason to be excused from assigned duties.

 B.Educational support personnel members shall not use school property or school time to solicit or accept customers for private enterprises without written administrative permission.

 C.Educational support personnel members shall not campaign on school property during school time in behalf of any political issue or candidate for local, State, or National office except on election day at election polls on school property.

 D.Educational support personnel members should avoid conduct and associations outside the school which, if known, could have an adverse or harmful effect upon the school community.

 E.Educational support personnel members should refrain from expressions that would disrupt harmony among their co-workers or interfere with the maintenance of discipline by school officials.