In joining our community on Facebook, Cowra Public School follows the Department of Education Code of Conduct and Facebook’s Community Standards.
1. 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 permission is sought. Tagging of parents or friends within the comment box is permitted with the understanding that all other rules of engagement are followed.
2. Facebook Terms and Conditions state no one under the age of 13 years should have a Facebook profile. Therefore, any comments or page membership from primary students on the Cowra Public School page will be removed and, if warranted, users will be reported.
3. Keep all comments respectful. Cowra 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.
4. We will not permit messages selling products or promoting commercial, political or other ventures.
5. We reserve the right to remove comments that do not adhere to the rules of engagement of the page and Facebook’s community standards including comments that are deemed racist, sexist, abusive, profane, violent, obscene, spam, advocate illegal activity, are libel, incite, threaten or make personal character attacks on Cowra Public School students, employees, guests or other individuals.
6. We reserve the right to remove any participant that does not adhere to the rules of engagement or Facebook’s Community Standards.
7. The Cowra Public School page will be moderated between the hours of 9am and 4pm on school days. If you have an emergency, contact the school on 02 6342 2400.
