Hanover County Public Schools (HCPS) social media platforms are limited public forums created for the purpose of keeping our students, their families, and the community informed of Pre-K-12 school-related events, as well as highlighting the mission, vision, and strengths of HCPS. While HCPS values community engagement and feedback, the following types of posts are not allowed and are therefore subject to immediate removal: Comments not related to the site's topics or to school division business; comments that contain profanity, obscenity, or vulgarity; content that promotes discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, disability or sexual orientation; personal attacks or threats against other users, individuals, or groups; references to specific, ongoing personnel matters; submission of personal information or likenesses of other persons without their consent; sexual content or links to sexual content; information affiliated with or promoting political campaigns or candidates; posts that promote illegal activity or violate HCPS policies and regulations; information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems; content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party or that represents an infringement on copyrights or trademarks; and, Spam or unrelated solicitations. Comments and opinions expressed by other non-HCPS Facebook users, and links to non-HCPS sites, do not necessarily reflect the opinion of HCPS. Commenters may also be held legally responsible if they make statements that violate the legal rights of others, including threatening or defamatory statements made against staff members, students, or parents. For the full terms of service, including disruptive violations that may result in a user being blocked, please visit https://hcps.us/contact_us/legal_notices.
