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Board reviews digital accessibility policy and flags social media practices as PD-based guidance
Summary
District staff presented a digital content and accessibility policy aligning the website to accessibility guidelines and discussed student-privacy measures for public recognitions; trustees noted the district currently relies on PD guidance rather than a formal social media policy.
District staff presented a proposed policy on digital content and accessibility that the administration said aligns with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and current website accessibility work. The policy also addresses student privacy in public recognitions: the district would use given name and last initial for kindergarten through eighth-grade recognitions and full names for high-school recognitions.
Board members used the discussion to note a separate concern: teacher use of personal social-media accounts. Staff and trustees said the district currently relies on professional-development guidance and vendor best practices rather than a formal social media policy. The administration reported distributing best-practice materials during recent professional development, including guidance for election-season conduct and reminders to avoid showing students in personal social-media posts or using personal platforms to host curriculum materials that should be available through district-approved tools.
The board did not adopt a separate social media policy at the meeting and asked staff to continue work on aligning digital-accessibility policy language with existing practice and to consider whether a distinct social-media policy should be brought forward in the future.
