Hyde County Public School System

HCPSS FACEBOOK GUIDELINES:

Welcome to the official Facebook page of the Hyde County Public School System (HCPSS). The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest concerning HCPSS programs, activities, news, and events. For additional information about HCPSS, please check out the HCPSS website or the website of any particular school.

COMMENT POLICY:

We welcome comments from students, parents, and members of the community. Please note, however, that this is a moderated discussion site and not a public forum for the discussion of any and all subjects. All comments are subject to review by HCPSS moderators. While comments will not be edited or screened for viewpoint, HCPSS reserves the right to remove any comment that includes any of the following:
Points unrelated to the purpose and subject of the main post. All comments to any particular post should be germane to that post. Commenters who wish to offer input on school system matters not addressed on our Facebook page are encouraged to contact the school or central office administration, as appropriate, or to sign up to offer public comment at a regular business meeting of the Board of Education.

COMPLAINTS, CONCERNS, OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS OR EMPLOYEES:

To protect the privacy and due process rights of our students and employees, HCPSS handles complaints and concerns about specific persons confidentially. Questions or concerns about specific students should generally be referred in the first instance to the student’s teacher or a school administrator. Questions or concerns about specific employees should generally be referred in the first instance to the school principal or other supervisor. Other policies, like the Discrimination, Harassment, and Bullying Complaint Policy and the Student and Parent Grievance Policy, may apply in specific circumstances.

PROHIBITED TO:

- Advertise or have promotional material
- Post copyrighted material without the express consent of the copyright holder.
- Use words that constitute a criminal act or that solicit others to commit a criminal act.
- Fraud or defame.
- Use personally abusive language that is inherently likely to provoke a violent response.
- Use words that present a grave and imminent threat to any person’s health or safety.
- Communicate threats of violence.
- Use obscenity or illegal material
- Make comments that do not comport with reasonable standards of civility and decorum (see below).

CIVILITY AND DECORUM:

Comments that do not meet reasonable standards of civility of decorum may be removed. Commenters are reminded that this is a public school system website and that students – most of whom are impressionable minors – are one of its main intended audiences. Students check the HCPSS Facebook page frequently for important information about school events and activities and should not be exposed to comments that are likely to cause them emotional distress or that would be inappropriate in the school environment. In particular, commenters are expected to refrain entirely from profanity, personal insults, and personal attacks against any person.

FACEBOOK RULES AND STANDARDS:

Finally, please note that this page appears on facebook.com, which is owned and operated by Facebook Inc. Facebook has its own rules and standards with which all users must comply. In addition to having their comments removed, commenters who violate these rules and standards may be reported to Facebook for further action.

DISCLAIMER:

HCPSS is not responsible for and does not necessarily endorse or oppose any points made by commenters on this Facebook page. Commenters are solely responsible for their own comments and are urged to exercise good judgment, including but not limited to the rules and expectations set out above.