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Social Media Guidelines

The purpose of the St. James Parish Schools social media platforms is to regularly share information about St. James Parish Schools, St. James Parish School Board, and schools within the school district. This may include student and staff achievements as well as other relevant school district community information. We encourage comments about the content you find on our social media pages.

Our social media accounts represent a limited public forum, and administrators or individuals designated to moderate school district social media platforms reserve the right to remove comments and/or remove followers from the St. James Parish Schools social media accounts at their discretion and in accordance with these guidelines and pursuant to state and/or federal law.

St. James Parish School Board inclusive of St. James Parish Schools reserves the right to, at our discretion, delete comments that include:

  • Speech that is defamatory, libelous, or false, damaging the reputation of individuals or the school district or any of its entities.
  • Speech that disrupts the educational environment, including posts that incite or promote violence, bullying, or illegal activities.
  • Speech that violates federal, state, or local laws, including hate speech, harassment, discrimination, or threats of violence.
  • Speech that invades the privacy rights of individuals or divulges confidential or sensitive information
  • Speech that is disruptive to the operation of the forum or platform
  • Speech that is not consistent with preserving the purpose of which the forum is dedicated

Additionally, St. James Parish Schools may periodically delete comments attached to a particular item if that item needs to be removed from the site, for example, in the case of out-of-date information.

Please be aware that we cannot immediately review every comment on our social media sites. Opinions expressed in tagged posts and comments are not necessarily those of the school system, and we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these posts.

The intent of these guidelines is to facilitate dialogue and constructive discussions on matters related to education and our schools while notifying individuals engaging with our social media platforms that conversation/comments must occur in a respectful and responsible manner, within the bounds of the purpose served by the limited public forum.

For questions regarding these guidelines, please email Public Information Manager, Sarah Forsythe at sforsythe@sjpsb.org