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Committee recommends rewrite of employee gifts policy after debate over valentines, class gifts and reporting thresholds
Summary
The policy committee reviewed a consolidated gifts‑to‑personnel policy and asked staff for a near‑complete rewrite to clarify acceptable gifts, to avoid discouraging low‑value student gifts (for example, valentines), and to define reportable or potentially influence‑creating gifts and examples.
Haverford Township School District policy reviewers on May 15 asked for a substantial rewrite of the proposed consolidated gifts‑to‑personnel policy to make clear the district’s intentions without discouraging common parent or class practices such as low‑value valentines or class‑collected end‑of‑year gifts.
Committee members described the existing administrative language as outdated and overly prescriptive and asked staff to emphasize the policy’s core aims — preventing quid‑pro‑quo influence, the appearance of impropriety and differential treatment — while offering concrete examples of what must be reported.
One committee member said the draft’s line that “gifts of a sentimental nature of nominal value, such as valentines made by students, cookies, and other tokens… should not be encouraged”…
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