Lakelands Public School - Communication

Rules of Engagement

In joining our community on Facebook, Lakelands Public School follows both the DEC Code of Conduct and Facebook terms and conditions.

Students

Please note that the Facebook terms and conditions state that no one under the age of 13 years should have a Facebook profile. Therefore, any primary students who 'Like' or comment on the Lakelands Public School Facebook page will be deleted and reported immediately.

Comments Policy

Lakelands Public School welcomes comments and questions regarding status updates, however we cannot be held responsible for comments made by visitors. All efforts will be taken to delete offensive and/ or inappropriate comments as quickly as possible.

Lakelands Public School Administrators request that all comments and questions remain respectful of other users. This is NOT the forum to discredit community members, students or staff. Users who are deemed by the Administrators to not be extending this respect will be removed from the page and comments will be deleted.

Comments are also subject to Facebook's Terms of Use and Code of Conduct.

Please remember that the purpose of this page is to communicate events, information and updates to our current Lakelands Public School families. We will not tolerate comments which are racist, sexist, abusive, profane, violent, obscene, hateful, endorsing illegal activity, politically motivated or promoting a business. Comments deemed to breech these guidelines will be removed.

We look forward to working with you to create a useful and worthwhile resource in the hopes of keeping users informed.

Friending Staff on Facebook

Please note that the Department of Education and Communities has this advice for teachers 'Friending' parents on Facebook:

"The line between your professional and personal life could become blurred making it difficult to manage your professional relationship with the parents when that becomes necessary.

You also need to bear in mind that becoming a Facebook friend with a parent could result in their children getting access to your account as well.
You also need to be mindful that you need to be careful what you say on Facebook if you have parents as friends as comments made online can be misunderstood and could result in parental complaints made to your principal."

With this in mind, the staff of Lakelands Public School ask that you do not request their friendship on their personal pages. We thank you for your understanding on this matter.