NAMING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES
Background
From time to time the Board may be in a position to name a new school. There may also be times when the Board has reason to consider renaming existing schools, or when representatives of a school community will request that the Board dedicate part of a school building or property in memory of a person.
The name of a school, or dedication of a portion thereof, will be decided by the Board following reasonable consultation with members of the school community. A school will not be named for a living person.
Procedures
- In consideration of the naming of a school or dedicating a part of a school, the Superintendent will appoint a school-naming committee that will include the following:
- Trustee
- Member of Executive Staff
- Director of Facilities
- Principal
- Representative of the school’s teaching staff
- Representative of the school’s support staff
- Representative of the school’s Parents’ Advisory Council
- Representative of the W̱SÁNEĆ School Board, if appropriate
- Representative of the local community if possible
- The school-naming committee will seek input from the school community and, as possible, the community at large, and generate a list of up to three names, each with rationale, for consideration by the Board. For a new school, this list is to be provided to the Board no less than six months before the scheduled opening of the school.
- Reasonable consultation is to include discussions with student and parent representatives, staff members of the school, members of the local community and, if a name is being considered, members of that person’s family, if possible.
- The name of a school will normally be based on geographic or community context.
- A school will be named in memory of a person only if the Board sees a compelling historically significant reason to do so.
- The Board may, upon request, dedicate part of a school or property (e.g., library, gymnasium, field, theatre) in memory of a person or persons who held a significant long-standing connection to that location. A location may be dedicated in memory of more than one person.
- A proposal for dedicating a part of a school (e.g., library, gymnasium, field, theatre) in memory of a person will be considered by the Board only when the matter has been through a thorough consultative process within the school community, including representatives as listed in section 1.
- Naming or dedicating in memory of a person will be based strictly on historical significance or strength of community connections.
- Existing schools will not normally be renamed.
Reference:
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- Sections 22, 65, 85 School Act
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