SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING POLICY
Goshen Community Schools acknowledges the rights of students, parents, and patrons to view and comment on GCS Facebook posts. GCS reserves the right to remove any comment that includes abusive, defamatory or obscene language; harassing or bullying comments about a specific student or staff member; threats of violence; fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading information; or
comments which violate the privacy rights of any GCS student or staff member; any illegal or unlawful comment or any comment that interferes with the normal operation or educational purpose of GCS or one of its schools or functions. If such comments are posted, GCS will take actions that can include hiding comments, deleting comments, or other measures reasonably designed to eliminate such posts, as well as reporting any illegal activity to law enforcement and disciplining students or staff members for harassing or bullying conduct. While we appreciate the interaction with students and community members, GCS is an educational entity, and as such, we aim to use this platform in an informative and responsible manner. We thank you in advance for your cooperation with these rules. A person believing that a social media post or comment was improperly removed or hidden, or whose participation was suspended, should contact the GCS administration office to schedule a meeting to present information to the superintendent or superintendent’s designee, regarding why that post or comment should not have been removed. Within five school days after receiving information and evidence at that meeting, the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee shall make a written determination on the validity of the removal.
