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Terms of Use

Social Media Terms of Use

Lakewood School District’s use of social media is limited to promoting its mission and goals. While the District may allow approved third-party content on its social media sites, accounts, and profiles, it does not intend to create open public forums. District social media sites, accounts, and profiles that permit third party posts and comments are limited public forums moderated by District employees. All posted content (comments, photos, links, etc.) must be related to District programs, issues, events, and activities.

Because Lakewood School District serves school-aged children, posts and comments must use language that is generally acceptable for children and families. The District reserves the right to moderate its social media sites, accounts and profiles and remove posts and comments that:

  • Contain obscene, graphic, explicit, sexual, inappropriate, or disrespectful language;
  • Are abusive toward an individual, group, or organization;
  • Are of a commercial nature (e.g., advertisements, solicitations);
  • Violate any intellectual property or legal rights of another party;
  • Support or oppose political candidates, parties, or ballot propositions;
  • Contain religious proselytization;
  • Promote or encourage activity that violates local, state, or federal law or the District’s policies and procedures;
  • Are not topically related to the original posting; or
  • Contain contents that promote, foster, or perpetuate hate and/or discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation, honorably discharged veteran or military status, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a service animal by a person with a disability.  

The District further reserves the right to ban, block, or otherwise restrict access to users who violate these guidelines.

The District’s social media sites are monitored and updated intermittently during business hours. If you are a student in crisis or have an emergency, please call 911. Social media should not be used to make a formal complaint against the District, its employees, or its students. For assistance in bringing a complaint, please call- District Compliance Officer at 360-652-4500.

All content related to District business on its social media sites is a public record, subject to retention and disclosure. As a result, prior to removing any comment under these guidelines, the page administrator must save a screenshot or copy of the offending post for record retention purposes.

The District does not endorse statements or external links and comments posted by third parties on District pages or postings, nor do any such postings represent the views of the District, its Board, or its staff.