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Ashland City Schools proposes digital citizenship policy, tighter social‑media and branding controls
Summary
District software manager presented ParentSquare adoption metrics and proposed a social‑media/digital citizenship policy and branding guide to consolidate accounts, require school email for official business, protect student privacy and encourage student-led content. The board praised the plan and asked for enforcement details.
Tony Bunt, the district’s software manager, laid out a plan to codify how Ashland City Schools uses social media and to expand digital‑citizenship instruction at the board’s Nov. 24 meeting.
Bunt said the district launched ParentSquare in July and is nearing universal parent contactability through the platform: 87% of parents receive email from the system, 99% have phones connected, 56% use the app and 51% have notifications enabled. He said the district has sent about 33,000 direct messages and posted nearly 3,000 class‑group messages since rollout. Bunt described ParentSquare features the district uses (post groups, direct messaging, attendance notices, automatic grade notices, translation and a StudentSquare student version) and said the system will be a primary tool for emergency alerts and building…
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