Address:
1500 Van Ness
Port Townsend WA 98368
The District’s use of social media is limited to promoting the mission and goals of the District. While the District may choose to allow user-generated content on its social-media sites, by doing so the District does not intend to create an open public forum for speech. Nor does the District express approval or support for the views expressed by third-parties that appear on its social media sites. Social Media use by Port Townsend School District will support the following objectives: • Advertising district events and programs • Advertising events and programs of partner organizations that would benefit families and students of Port Townsend School District, and align with the mission and vision of the school district. • To provide information about the academic and extracurricular activities and achievements of Port Townsend School District to the broader Port Townsend community. • Provide factual information about PTSD. The District reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments posted on social media it has created or owns and remove comments that are not relevant to the topic of the specific forum. This includes user-generated content that has obscene language or sexual content, threatens or defames any person or organization, violates the legal ownership interest of another party, supports or opposes political candidates or ballot propositions, promotes illegal activity, promotes commercial services or products, or is not topically related to the particular posting, or contains contents that promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. The District will not, however, remove otherwise permissible comments based on viewpoint. The District will post notice on its social-media sites indicating the circumstances under which user-generated content will be removed. All content related to District business on the site is a public record, subject to retention and disclosure. Social media content will be preserved in accord with the applicable retention schedule, and in a format that preserves the integrity of the original record and is easily accessible. This policy applies to third-party hosted and internal social media tools that the District chooses to utilize. This includes social-media tools that are hosted on District servers or networks, which are not accessible by the public. Disciplinary Action Violation of any of the conditions explained in the Social-Media Policy and Procedures by District employees could be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Violation of any of the conditions explained in the Social-Media Policy and Procedures by District students could be cause for disciplinary action, including suspension or expulsion from school and suspension or revocation of network and computer access privileges.
