West Chicago Elementary District 33 recognizes the importance of social media as a means of communication. The District will use social media as an outlet to communicate with parents, students, and members of the community as well as those interested in our school district. Social media pages will be updated regularly to celebrate and support our schools, students, and staff, and to share other important District information. While interactions on social media are not intended to circumvent regular communication channels for sharing personal issues or concerns, the District welcomes comments from students, parents, and members of our community. If comments are made, please ensure your comments are appropriate for an educational environment, relevant, and respectful. Our social media pages are maintained by District 33 staff and are monitored during regular business/school hours. The following guidelines will be used when monitoring comments. The District reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments that do not adhere to the commenting guidelines below. In doing so, the District intends to create a limited public forum. The District will not, however, remove or edit otherwise permissible comments based on viewpoint. The District reserves the right to remove comments from its social media pages that:
-Use offensive terms that target or disparage any specific ethnic, racial, gender, or religious group, along with categories outlined by the Illinois Human Rights Act.
-Contain language that is vulgar or threatening to a person’s health or safety
-Are clearly spam
-Contain false statements or information
-Promote or advertise particular services or products
-Individually identifies a student without the express permission of the parent/guardian
-Divulge private, personally identifiable information, such as social security numbers, personal email addresses, confidential personnel information, personal phone numbers, or addresses
-Post copyrighted or trademarked material without the express consent of the copyright or trademark holder
Disclaimer
Comments expressed on the District’s or schools’ social media pages do not necessarily reflect the opinions and/or position of the Board of Education or its administrators. Commenters are solely responsible for their own comments and are urged to follow these guidelines, use civility and decorum, as well as the rules and regulations set forth by each social media channel.
