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Wallingford staff propose clarifying personnel social media policy; board to refine wording
Summary
Counsel-recommended edits aim to clarify the district’s limited authority to regulate employee social-media speech. Board members asked staff to change vague language ("members of the school community") to explicitly reference staff or employees and to run final wording by counsel.
District staff presented proposed revisions to the Wallingford School District personnel social media policy, saying counsel had updated the policy and accompanying regulation to clarify legal guidelines about a public employer’s limited authority to regulate some employee speech online. "Shipman revised this…
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