FILE:  FDC-R

NAMING NEW FACILITIES
In order to facilitate the naming of such a facility, the board shall appoint a committee of two citizens, two students, a teacher, an administrator, and a board representative. The committee shall solicit and consider names for the new facility and submit a list of not less than three names for the board’s consideration. Every effort should be made to name a new facility prior to beginning construction, and a timetable shall be established in an attempt to accomplish this objective.

The board shall not change the name of any facility without giving the opportunity for those living in the community to have input and shall deliberate over a period of at least three meetings of the board.

Proposals or petitions for naming or renaming facilities or naming portions of facilities shall be presented to the board through the superintendent after which it shall be placed on the agenda as a discussion item with action deferred to a later meeting. In no case will the board act immediately on a request or petition to name or rename a facility or portions thereof.

The board may refer the renaming of a facility or the renaming of a portion of a facility to a committee similar to that prescribed for naming new buildings.

APPROVED: 4-20-99
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan