Miller Place School District Gets Social

The Miller Place School District is pleased to announce the launch of the District’s official Facebook page! To keep up with the emerging technology-dependent society we live in, the social media account will be operated as an additional platform to promote District and school-specific events, activities, and accomplishments with members of the Miller Place School District community.

“As social media becomes embedded in our daily lives, the District is excited to offer our community another form of communication regarding school news and accomplishments through a Facebook page,” said Dr. Marianne Cartisano, Superintendent of Miller Place School District.

The objective of the social media account is to provide information to the Miller Place School District community. The Facebook page will disseminate information regarding District and school programs, events, and important announcements including Board of Education meetings, emergency alerts, etc. Posts will also include student achievements, academic and athletic accomplishments, and information about informative student assemblies, educational field trips and fascinating student projects.

While the page will serve as a platform for the District to broadcast information out to the community about students, staff, and the greater school community, there are specific guidelines followers must adhere to. The page will not permit outside posts. Additionally, commenting will be restricted. While the District understands that Facebook is designed to be an interactive platform, to create a page that allows commentingand consequently the requirement that the District be able to respond in a timely fashion to comments and/or questionswould require the District to allocate both personnel and financial resources to the close monitoring of the page on a daily, almost 24/7 basis. At the current time, the District does not consider that a responsible use of District funds. For the page’s initial launch, all comments will be restricted, whether positive, negative or in question format. Community members who have questions or comments should continue to use the communication channels they have always used, including contacting a teacher or building principal, or when appropriate, District administration.

For more information about the Miller Place School District, please visit the District’s website at www.millerplace.k12.ny.us.