5010 -EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES
The Durham Public Schools Board of Education will not place any new employee or fill any vacant position with an employee who would be under the direct supervision of a member of that employee's immediate family. An employee's immediate family includes the employee's spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandson, granddaughter, stepmother and stepfather.
5010.1 Should two employees at a particular site enter into one of the familial relationships listed above when one is in a supervisory or evaluative role over the other, one employee will be reassigned as soon as reasonably possible. Any summative evaluation duties shall be reassigned immediately.
5010.2 The Board does not discourage relatives of current employees from seeking positions with the school system.
Cross Reference: Policy 5000, Equal Employment Opportunities, Policy 5005, Employment of Personnel
Adopted Effective: July 2, 1992
Revised Effective: July 1, 1999
