The Antelope Valley Union High School District ("AVUHSD")

The Antelope Valley Union High School District (“AVUHSD”) has an overriding interest and expectation in deciding what is spoken on behalf of AVUHSD through the use of social media sites (including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Nextdoor, YouTube and X).

This policy provides guidelines for the use of social media as a means of conveying information about AVUHSD and its events and activities to its residents.

For purposes of this policy, “social media” is understood to be content created by individuals, using accessible, expandable, and upgradable publishing technologies, through and on the Internet. Examples of social media sites include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, blogs, etc.

For purposes of this policy, comments include information, articles, pictures, videos, or any other form of communicative content posted by the public or AVUHSD on their social media sites.

This External Social Media Policy document establishes guidelines for the establishment and use of social media by AVUHSD as a means of conveying information about AVUHSD and its events and activities. The intended purpose behind establishing AVUHSD’s social media sites is to disseminate information from AVUHSD, about AVUHSD, its partners or member agencies, to the public and all member agencies that we service. Nothing in this policy shall be applied to prohibit or infringe upon any communication, speech, or expression that is protected or privileged under law. This includes speech and expression protected under state or federal constitutions as well as labor laws or other applicable laws.