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Keystone Central SD to have solicitor brief board on social media policy after court case
Summary
Committee moved a district social media policy to first read but agreed the school solicitor should brief the full board about First Amendment implications arising from a recent court case before final action.
Committee members reviewed policy 816 (district social media) and discussed recent case law affecting school directors' social media use. Elizabeth said she had asked the solicitor to provide a plan and told the committee that he was planned to appear at the Thursday meeting to explain implications for First Amendment rights. She said, "Our school solicitor, David Lindsey, was gonna give us its plan. He's planned to be on the agenda for Thursday where the solicitor will come and talk about this and also first amendment rights."
Administrators and board members agreed the policy should treat official district accounts as a non‑public forum (limiting public comment) and walked through boxes in the draft policy that indicate how the district will display names, logos and whether comments are allowed. Because some checkboxes merited legal review, the committee recommended the solicitor review the marked items and, if needed, present a short overview at a work session so new board members can ask questions.
Next steps: policy 816 was moved to first read for board consideration; the solicitor will be asked to review the checked policy items and brief the board so trustees have legal context ahead of a final vote.
