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Rules of Engagement:

Failure to abide by the following Rules of Engagement will result in the offending party being blocked from the Mount Kuring-gai Facebook page.

In joining our community on Facebook, Mount Kuring-gai Public School follows the Department of Education Code of Conduct and Facebook’s Community Standards.

Students:
Facebook Terms and Conditions state no one under the age of 13 years should have a Facebook profile. Therefore, any comments or page fans from primary students on the Mount Kuring-gai Public School page will be removed and, if warranted, users will be reported.

Tagging or naming student photos:
Photos of students can only be published if the correct Department of Education permission to
publish forms have been completed by the student’s parent or guardian. For privacy and protection, please do not tag photos of children, and please do not name them in
your comments, unless the previously mentioned permissions is sought.Tagging of
parents or friends within the comment box is permitted with the understanding that all other rules of engagement are followed.

Comments:
Mount Kuring-gai Public School encourages interaction from participants with the understanding that the school does not endorse comments or wall postings made by visitors to the page.

We ask that visitors making comments on the page show respect for other users by ensuring
discussions remain civil. Personal attacks, trolling or spam will not be tolerated.
We reserve the right to remove comments that do not adhere to the rules of engagement of the page and Facebooks community standards.

Remember, your name and photo will be seen next to your comment, visible to all visitors to the page.

Friending Staff on Facebook:
Please note that the Department of education has this advice for 'Friending' parents on facebook:

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

In short, please do not ask to friend a member of staff on Facebook as refusal often offends.