Social Media Policies
Social Media Disclaimer
Fabens Independent School District welcomes and encourages open dialogue on our social media sites. We look forward to engagement and participation from our followers and community. However, before you post, please make sure you read and understand our social media disclaimer.
The opinions and/or views expressed on the Fabens ISD social media outlets - including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube pages, represent the thoughts of individuals and online communities, and not solely those of the district.
Fabens ISD will make reasonable efforts to monitor, measure, moderate and engage the community on said social media platform accounts. We will strive to acknowledge comments or queries within regular business hours. Our response times may differ depending on the volume of posts that we receive.
Fabens ISD will only monitor and respond to comments on our social media accounts during standard hours of district operation, unless required otherwise.
Fabens ISD and its staff will take all possible steps to ensure that all the information posted is complete and accurate. If a posting is discovered to be inaccurate, we will do our best to correct it immediately. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, is given with respect to the contents of social media or their links to other online resources.
Posts on the Fabens ISD social media accounts will not be moderated before they appear. However, we reserve the right to review, edit and/or delete any comments it deems as inappropriate use.
Users who do not adhere to the following guidelines may have their comments and privileges edited or removed:
• Be polite: Inappropriate language will not be tolerated and posts containing discriminatory, racist, offensive, obscene, vulgar, profane, inflammatory, unlawful or otherwise inappropriate and/or objectionable statements, language or content will be removed.
• Personal attacks: We recognize that questioning, constructive arguments and opinions are part of conversation, but posts with aggressive personal attacks, defamatory in nature and/or threatening, will be removed immediately.
• Personal information: For your own safety and the safety of others, posts that violate privacy and/or include personal information including your own will be removed.
• On-topic comments: All discussion participants are reminded to stay on topic. Off-topic comments and postings will be removed to encourage and facilitate effective discussions.
• Political comments: Blatantly partisan comments, such as those explicitly in support of/or detracting from a candidate or potential candidate will be removed.
• Comment spam: Posts deemed as spam and/or explicit commercial endorsements will be removed.
• Blocking: Individuals who repeatedly disregard these discussion guidelines will be contacted about their behaviour. In extreme circumstances, users may be banned from participating. Fabens ISD wants everyone’s voice to be heard; please respect the rules.
Inappropriate use means one or more of the following:
1. Posting of any unlawful material of any kind
2. Use of vulgar, profane or inappropriate language
3. Posting threatening, abusive, discriminatory or obscene material
4. Duplicating, storing or posting copyrighted material
5. Lobbying political posts
6. Suggestion and statement of support of any illegal activity of any kind
7. Posting material that is likely to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
8. Advertising or soliciting on behalf of businesses or not-for-profit organizations (we are a school district)
9. Posting material that is unrelated to the original post may result in removal
10. Repetitive or multiple postings by a single user.
By submitting content to any of our social media platforms, you understand and acknowledge that this information is available to the public and is considered a public record.
Please direct any questions regarding this social media disclaimer to webmaster@fabensisd.net.