Community Guidelines for Social Media
Canon City Schools utilizes social media as a means of enhancing existing communications and to celebrate student, staff, and school achievements. It also allows us to facilitate transparency,engagement, and collaboration with our students, staff, parents and community members. It is the policy of Canon City Schools to promote mutual respect, civility, and ord
erly conduct among district employees, parents, students, and the public. District staff will treat students, parents, and other members of the community with respect and will expect the same in return. We welcome your constructive thoughts, questions, and comments and look forward to interacting with our community as partners in education. Postings and comments must not violate district policies or internet safety guidelines, nor will page administrators allow comments on page postings that:
1. Suggest or encourage illegal activity.
3. advertisements, solicitations)
4. Violate copyright and fair use laws. Please give credit where it is due and recognize the source when publishing other's content.
5. Do not show consideration for the privacy of others, including identifying students or staff members.
6. Contain political campaign messages, including support or opposition of ballot measures or political candidates.
7. Are considered likely to offend or provoke others.
8. Are not factual. Please be accurate and verify facts before you post.
9. Are repeatedly posted comments.
10. Are not constructive in nature. We reserve the right to delete all comments that do not follow the above guidelines. We also reserve the right to ban users who violate these guidelines. Our intention is not to deprive any person of his or her right to freedom of expression, but to maintain a safe, harassment-free environment for our students and staff. All comments related to district business will be considered public record, subject to disclosure upon request, including those that are removed. All activity on these pages will be archived so that it can be available for any public disclosure or other legal request. Please note that social media is not the forum to make formal complaints against the district. We strive to communicate about urgent issues and respond to inquiries from our community in a timely manner, but please note that our social media accounts are not monitored 24/7. If you have an emergency or are in crisis, please call 911. Please contact principals, teachers, staff members and the School Board directly as we are not equipped to forward messages to individuals through social media. Canon City Schools supports efforts to involve students in optional activities that have social, recreational, or educational value and may occasionally share posts promoting such activities from third parties on our social media channels. It is our policy to only share information about programs/services from non-profit organizations that pertain to children and/or education. Information shared is at the discretion of the school district. Posts shared promoting non-district sponsored activities will be indicated as such.
