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Poplar Bluff School District

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Social Media Directory

Verified Social Media Accounts

Poplar Bluff R-I School District uses social media to keep our families, students, and community connected and informed. The accounts listed below are our official, district-approved channels — the best places to follow along for news, events, and highlights from across our schools.

Not sure if an account is really one of ours? This directory is your trusted source for verified accounts.

Social Media Best Practices for District Pages

At Poplar Bluff Schools, we recognize that many of our staff, students, parents, and community members are active social media users. As a school district, we incorporate social media as a strategic tool for communication with our patrons. The best practices listed below complement, but do not replace, any existing policies regarding the use of technology, computers, email, and the Internet that are in place at the Poplar Bluff R-I School District.

  • Professional discretion: Comments related to the school district should always meet the highest standards of professional discretion. When commenting on district-approved pages, school personnel should act on the assumption that all postings are in the public domain, including direct messages. Deleted content can still show up in online searches. Or, with the click of a button, other users can take a screenshot, re-post, or share your content.
  • Student photos: No photos of student activities to which the general public was not invited or not allowed should be posted on faculty and staff’s personal social media accounts. However, these photos should be initially posted on a school or organization, district-approved social media account and then shared from that account if the staff member wishes to share them on his/her personal social media.

    Photos of student activities to which the general public was invited may be posted on private accounts first; however, as a best practice, the district recommends that those photos are posted first on a school or organization, district-approved social media account and then shared from that account.
  • Student connections: School personnel should not ‘friend’ or ‘follow’ current students or recent graduates on social media. The district recognizes there may be certain limited exceptions to these guidelines, such as a student being a family member or relative, or in those instances when an employee’s interaction with a student is a result of certain non-district activities, such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, religious organizations, or other similar relationships.

Account Managers

To manage a social media account on behalf of the district or a school organization, a clear agreement must be in place. This agreement outlines responsibilities, content ownership, and other key details to help establish a plan to manage the page successfully.

You can find the Social Media Account Manager Agreement form below. For your page to be listed in the district's official directory, account managers must submit this form for approval.

Social Media Account Manager Agreement