Fairland Community,
Due to the recent passage of House Bill 3958, approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and signed by Governor Stitt, as of July 1, 2024, digital communication between Fairland Public School Staff and students will have updated requirements. The law requires school personnel engaging in electronic or digital communication with an individual student to include the student's parent or guardian, unless the communication occurs through a school-approved platform.
In compliance with the new law, the Fairland Public Schools Board of Education has approved a new policy on Staff-Student Communications that includes the following school-approved platforms at this time:
Google Classroom
School Assigned Email
Classroom Dojo
Schoology
Apptegy Thrillshare
Go Guardian
Remind
PowerSchool
Band App
Staff members with current students listed as "friends" should "unfriend" those students on all social media platforms no later than July 1st, 2024. Again, if employees communicate directly with individual students outside of the approved platforms, parents must be included in that communication.
Please note that this new law and policy do not impact mass communications sent from the district, or a school site, to parents through current communication platforms.
If you have questions, please contact the school.
Have a great 4th of July!
Mr. Johnson
Superintend