Compton Junior High

Policy Statements

Students, Parents and Teachers: BE INFORMED! Check out these policies about libraries and reading.

BCSD Board Policies

The following policies have been adopted by the Board of Education and the Bakersfield City School District, and are in place in all district elementary, junior high and middle schools.

• Internet Use Policy A copy of this Internet Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is distributed to each Compton student at the beginning of the school year. A student may use the Internet on campus ONLY if a signed copy of the AUP is on file in the library. View these printable documents in English or in Spanish.

• Material Selection Policy
  The books, videos and other instructional materials used in the classroom and the library are carefully selected according to board and district approved criteria.
• Material Reconsideration Policy
  Occasionally, a parent, student or community group will object to a material used on campus, and will ask that the use of that material be reconsidered.

Other Policy Statements

• Intellectual Freedom Statement - The California School Library Association (CSLA) position statement on support of intellectual freedom for school libraries.
• Library Bill of Rights - The classic document from the American Library Association (ALA) regarding the rights of public and school library users.
• Access to Resources - From the American Association of School Libraries (AASL), an updated interpretation of the above Library Bill of Rights.
• Confidentiality of Library Records - Who, exactly, is entitled to know what books you’ve checked out? Your parents? The police? Everybody? Nobody? Find out here…
• Young Adult Right to Read Statement - As a young adult reader, you have rights when it comes to selecting your reading material!
• School Library Bill of Rights - Another statement from the AASL on the rights of the school library user...YOU!