Social Media Policy

The Pawling Central School District is proud to share the great things happening on campus and upcoming events on our social media accounts.

Our intent is to inform families and community members.

While we accept comments, please note that this is not a public forum, nor is it a facilitated discussion site. If you have concerns about or questions for the District, we encourage you to visit our District website and direct your concern/question to the appropriate member of our staff.

Once posted, the District reserves the right to delete submissions that contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or comments we deem offensive or disparaging.

 

Further, the District also reserves the right to delete comments that:

• Contain spam, advertising, or solicitations or include links to other sites
• Are clearly off topic or disruptive
• Are obscene, vulgar, or sexually explicit, including masked words (***), acronyms, and abbreviations
• Are chain letters, pyramid schemes, or fraudulent or deceptive messages
• Promote particular services, products, or political organizations or campaigns
• Infringe on copyrights or trademarks
• Advocate illegal activity
• Violate any school policies including the Dignity for All Students Act

The Director of Technology is responsible for reviewing and approving all professional use social media site/account applications for the District. The Director of Technology reserves the right to request the removal of content posted to, or within the comment sections of, a Professional Use social media site/account that:

Is off-topic;
Contains personal attacks; Contains spam;
Contains discriminatory, defamatory or harassing language; Contains confidential information;
Violates the property rights of others (such as when an account is hacked or used by another person, or violates copyright laws).