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New school system email policy takes effect
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A policy amendment limiting what employees of Bulloch County’s public schools may include in the signature line of emails took effect Friday.The amendment, which applies only to the “.k12” email accounts supplied by the school system, was proposed during the controversy about teachers’ religious expression that occupied much of two Bulloch County Board of Education meetings in December. Superintendent Charles Wilson then introduced the new policy at the Jan. 9 meeting, but members did not vote on it until Thursday evening.Again there was no discussion, and the vote was unanimous, on a motion by board member Mike Sparks, seconded by member LeVon Wilson.The new passage in the board’s Internet Acceptable Use Policy asserts that the .k12 accounts are property of the school district and are not employees’ personal accounts.The policy further states: “The school account should be used for school matters. In using these accounts, employees should use an email signature block that includes only the employee’s name, title, assigned school, mailing address, email address, phone number and fax number.
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