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Board reviews revised facilities renaming policy, asks staff to add philanthropic naming guidance
Summary
Staff presented a revision to policy 7250 on naming and commemorating schools and district facilities to clarify community engagement and the superintendent27s role; board members asked for language to allow and govern philanthropic naming rights and to ensure student and parent representation in work groups.
At the superintendent27s workshop staff presented a cleaned-up revision of Policy 7250 on commemoration and renaming of district schools and facilities. The revised draft clarifies that the process covers both schools and district facilities, describes required community engagement steps, and assigns recommendation authority to the superintendent with final naming authority reserved for the board.
Board members sought additional language and guidance for philanthropic naming opportunities and naming rights (for example, donors who want to fund specific classroom renovations or facility upgrades), and asked staff to better define how work groups will include meaningful representation from parents, students and the affected school community. One board member recommended retaining flexibility for district facilities that do not have traditional parent groups while ensuring that nearby communities have an opportunity to comment.
Next steps: staff said they would circulate edits to incorporate a pathway for naming-rights agreements or a separate marketing/naming-rights policy and would return with refined language so the board could consider a final vote in a future meeting.
