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Board Policy 28: Tributes - Illness and Funerals

This policy is a guideline to outline the process for sympathy tributes relating to the illness or funeral of a board trustee or immediate family member.

1.0 Avon Maitland District School Board has made provision for:
  1. Flowers or other small memento for the illness of a board trustee.
  2. Flowers or an appropriate donation to a charity or place of worship of the family’s choice upon the death of a board trustee or immediate family member.
  3. If a board trustee’s illness is extensive, additional purchases can be made at the discretion of the Chair or the Director of Education.
  4. In the case of death in the family, “immediate family” is defined as spouse, parents, and children. Discretionary power is vested in the Chair or the Director of Education as to whether other persons can be recognized.
  5. The Director’s office will be responsible for deciding upon and making whatever purchase is appropriate and will also be responsible for notifying other members of the board.
Issued January 2026