| Sylvania City School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
7250 - NAMING FACILITIES
The Board of Education shall have sole authority to name or rename District facilities, which include but not limited to buildings, athletic fields, stadiums, gymnasiums, libraries, fields, tracks, and multipurpose rooms. The following guidelines shall apply to requests for naming facilities:
PROCEDURE
All requests for naming facilities shall be submitted to the District Superintendent at the District office. Requests shall include reasons the facility should be named after the proposed individual, a biography of the individual to be honored, a letter of permission from the family, and other information such as funding and design plans for signage. Corporate sponsorships and naming requests should follow this same procedure.
DISTRICT NAMING COMMITTEE
The Board directs the Superintendent to establish a Naming Committee composed of diverse membership from the community, school staff, and student population. The Naming Committee shall consider all naming proposals, come up with a reasonable and fair process for evaluation, review and consider all requests, and decide whether to recommend a naming or renaming to the Board. The naming Committee, under the direction of the Superintendent, shall set its own rules and procedures for meetings.
CRITERIA FOR FACILITY NAMES
The Naming Committee and Board shall consider the following questions when deciding on a naming request:
| A. | What is the individual's/corporation's moral character and contribution to education? | |
| B. | What is the individual's/corporation's connection to the facility? In order to be meaningful for all, there should be a real or symbolic connection between the individual and the facility? | |
| C. | What is the reaction of the District community, based on input from community members, including school staff, PTA members, and other sources? | |
| D. | Is it the right time for the individual to be honored by naming facility after him or her? For past staff and Board members, the committee should consider whether a sufficient time has passed since employment. For an individual who has passed away, it should consider whether a sufficient time has passed, such as a year, since the individual's death. |
SIGNAGE PLANS
The District's facilities department, under the supervision of the Superintendent, must approve all signage design plans for the facility. Final plans will then be submitted to the District's Board for equal final ratification.
Adopted 6/26/06