PTSA Website Policy

The Wilder PTSA has established the following guidelines for its website to maintain the safety of students, staff, and parents, and to protect the privacy of students.

Please refer to the Lake Washington School District Web Publishing Style Guide & Guidelines for School Web Pages at www.lwsd.org for further information not discussed below.

Everything posted on the Wilder PTSA website must be in compliance with the LWSD Acceptable Use Procedure and the Web Publishing Style Guide.

Content

• Content must be school related. Staff members, parents, and students may not post personal web pages on the Wilder PTSA website.

• Staff members and students may not post personal home or e-mail addresses, or phone, FAX or pager numbers on the Wilder PTSA website.

• Published documents must NOT include a child’s phone number, e-mail address, street address, or mailing address.

• Documents must NOT include any content which indicates the physical location of a student at a given time other than attendance at a particular school or participation in school activities.

• Documents must conform to school district policies, established school guidelines, and copyright laws.

• The website must contain a current e-mail address of the designated school web manager.

• The VP of Communications must approve all content before it becomes “live” on the PTSA website.

• Staff members and parents must give written permission for their own and/or students’ photographs to be posted. A photo release form either signed annually or for each episode will be used for every photo, every time.

• Each photo will be labeled “Posted with Parent Permission”

• No full names will be used with photographs. Only first name and/or first name with last initial & grade will be allowed.

• Full names can be used with written work, but parent permission is required using the district release form. Release is good until revoked by parent or child moves to another school in the district. Information must be labeled “Posted with Parent Permission”.

• The Wilder PTSA will not post the Student Directory on its website.

• The Wilder Wolf mascot and logo can be used.

Copyright

Content posted on all LWSD websites will adhere to all standard copyright laws. Copyrighted content must state that it is published with permission after the permission has been obtained. All other content needs to be designed by LWSD staff, students, and parents.

External Links

ALL links must be checked regularly. Delete or repair any broken links immediately. Any external documents that are linked must meet the same content standards as LWSD sites. See LWSD Web Style Publishing Guide for details.

Wilder PTSA Website Management Plan

The VP of Communications will be responsible for keeping the website current throughout the year. All officers will be responsible for updating their respective areas, and communicate that to the VP of Communications.

The VP of Communications will make sure all old information is deleted from the website prior to September 1st of each year.