Policy 6.19

School Purchases of Graduation Supplies and Yearbooks

Each school shall be allowed to choose its graduation supplies and select the company or companies supplying same. While the actual purchases are made by the individual students, the school principal shall make every effort to insure that graduation costs are kept as reasonable as possible. In selecting vendors, quality, service, reliability, and customer satisfaction shall be taken into consideration as well as price.

1. All existing contracts are to be honored, but school principals must be willing at all times to consider proposals by reputable vendors, bearing in mind that loss of valuable school time by either pupils or faculty shall be kept to a minimum.

2. Student representatives are to be involved in the selection of the items approved for sale to pupils.

3. Any new contract drawn up must be adequate to cover all agreements which are to be binding on each party subject to being broken when service is poor or materials are inferior.

4. No profit shall accrue to the school or to any organization of the school.