FILE:  FDC

NAMING OF FACILITIES

The Franklin Parish School Board believes naming a school is a matter of great importance, one that deserves the most thoughtful attention.  The School Board shall not be influenced in its decision by personal prejudice or favoritism, political pressure, or temporary popularity in choosing a name.  No school, school building, or other public building shall be named after any living person.  However, a street that is maintained by the School Board and that is not a state or federal highway, or any existing athletic facilities at a school within the School Board’s jurisdiction may be named in honor of a living person.

The Superintendent shall be responsible for soliciting names from staff, students, and the community and shall prepare, for approval of the board, procedures to follow in naming school properties.  These procedures shall include a timetable for the naming process in order to lessen any community or factional pressures that may build up when a selection is delayed or seems uncertain.  The timetable shall take into account that there will be less confusion in accounts, files, and records for new schools if they are assigned names before construction begins.

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:85, 42:267

Franklin Parish School Board