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Policy committee advances new FCPS technology/social media policy amid debate over staff–student online interactions and a potential statewide phone ban
Summary
The committee advanced a revised Responsible and Appropriate Use of Technology policy to the board, discussed language on staff friending students versus system accounts, training and enforcement, and considered the implications of Senate Bill 928 (a proposed statewide phone-free schools law).
Frederick County Public Schools staff presented a proposed replacement for the district's social media policy, broadening it into a Responsible and Appropriate Use of Technology policy that would anchor regulations on staff and student use of devices and social media.
Staff said the new draft expands the policy's scope beyond social media to technology generally, clarifies that FCPS technology is to be used to further the educational mission and that users should have no expectation of privacy on district equipment, and assigns…
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