Hancock County School District uses social media to communicate information concerning the District and its schools, including school-sponsored events, programs, student and staff achievements and recognitions, and other school-related subject matters and topics, including the promotion of respectful and thoughtful civic discourse. The District’s use of these sites is restricted to topics and content related to legitimate educational purposes.

The District’s social media sites are regularly monitored to ensure that the sites’ use is limited to the purposes discussed above and organized in a manner that enhances navigation. Thus, even when there is an opportunity to comment on a District post, the District may hide or delete comments that include, but is not limited to:

*individually identifiable student information.

*copyrighted material posted without permission.

*confidential material.

*spam, advertising, or commercial solicitations or information.

*obscene, defamatory, harassing, discriminatory, violent, vulgar,

hateful, or sexual material.

*advocating the commission of a criminal act.

We also reserve the right to temporarily block or ban users whose posts or comments on HCSD social media pages repeatedly fall within the above categories.