Social Media User Responsibility Guideline

All school-sponsored social media accounts shall operate as a limited public forum, where the public may comment publicly on the posts – subject to certain guidelines. While comments will not be edited or screened for viewpoint, McPherson Public Schools reserves the right to remove any comment that includes any of the following:

• Profane language or content;
• Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination of protected classes;
• Sexual harassment content;
• Solicitations of commerce or advertisements, including promotion or endorsement;
• Promotion or endorsement of political issues, groups or individuals;
• Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
• Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public
• systems;
• Content intended to defame any person, group or organization;
• Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party, such as trademark or copyright infringement;
• Making or publishing of false, vicious or malicious statements concerning any employee, the district or its operations;
• Violent or threatening content;
• Disclosure of confidential, sensitive or proprietary information;
• Points unrelated to the purpose and subject of the main post; 
  

In addition, comments that do not meet reasonable standards of civility and decorum may be removed. Commenters are reminded that this is a public school system page and that students – most of whom are minors – are one of its main intended audiences. Students should not be exposed to comments that are likely to cause them emotional distress or that would be inappropriate in the school environment. Commenters are expected to refrain entirely from profanity, personal insults, and personal attacks against any person.