Social Networking Policy Holds School District Staff to 'Higher Standard'
New policy advises employees that information 'deemed inappropriate' could be cause for firing non-tenured staff or certifying tenure charges
School district staff members will have to be more mindful of what they post on Facebook after the Board of Education approved the first reading of a social networking policy. The policy, which was introduced at Tuesday’s school board meeting, advises employees that communications, publications, photographs or other information that is “deemed inappropriate” by the board could be cause for firing non-tenured staff or certifying tenure charges. “While the board respects the right of staff members to use social networking sites, staff members should recognize they are held to a higher standard than the general public with regard to standards of conduct and ethics,” the policy states. The policy was not the result of an existing problem in …
JOHNNY Done it
9:35 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
THey need to totally need to get rid of tenure...A union shop has a grievance procedure Not you cant touch my procedure because you worked here for 3 or so years.. They need to get up to the times.. more ›