Community Affairs

The Community Affairs Department is committed to providing timely and convenient communication to parents, students, staff, and community members. Responsibilities of the department include managing the district’s social media and web presence. All media and public relation requests are processed through the office of Community Affairs.

Communication with Staff

During the course of the school year, we understand that situations may arise that require the parents or guardians of our students to contact staff members.

To ensure a prompt and comprehensive response, the following protocol has been established to provide guidance regarding whom parents or guardians should address their questions and/or concerns. It is our hope that by following this process, the school district will be able to best meet the needs of student, while addressing the concern or question from the parent/guardian.

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Media Requests

The Director of Community Affairs handles all media requests, including interviews and site visits. While the district is committed to open, two-way communication, this must be balanced against the right to privacy of minors who attend our schools. All media inquiries should be directed to the Director of Community Affairs, exceptions include public meetings, routine athletic and/or extracurricular activity news coverage during games, and/or performances conducted outside the normal school day.

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Newsletter Advertisement Submission

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School District 129 is pleased to include flyers in the weekly district newsletter that support district-wide events or offerings, booster or parent groups, local non-profit organizations, and community partners. Please note these important guidelines:

School District 129 reserves the right to approve or deny requests for flyer submissions based on the guidelines and other criteria.
Requests submitted before 12 noon on Wednesday are eligible to be considered for the Friday newsletter of the same week.
Requests should be from organizations within West Aurora's boundaries with non-profit status or from an intergovernmental organization.
The organization may be asked to submit an explanation or proof of non-profit status to qualify.
The content should address community needs and not conflict with tax-supported programs.
Submissions for businesses or local service organizations soliciting or collecting money and pledges will not be accepted.
Please submit a PDF or jpeg of your flyer.
Please make sure your flyer includes information pertaining to date, time, & location. We will not include any additional text with the flyer.

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Social Media Guidelines

West Aurora School District 129 Social Media Comment and User Guidelines

We welcome your comments and encourage open discussion. SD129 uses its social media accounts to inform parents, staff, and community members of school achievements, events, and activities. SD129 promotes robust on-topic engagement on its social media platforms but reserves the right to limit engagement on its social media pages when necessary. Limiting engagement may include removing posts or comments with content that is off-topic and irrelevant to the post or purpose of the page. To maintain a respectful and constructive environment, please follow these guidelines:

1.   Be Respectful: No hate speech, harassment, or threats. Inappropriate and illegal language or images are not allowed, including but not limited to:

    a.   Depiction or encouragement of violence or illegal activity, including but not limited to brandishing weapons, gambling, fighting, and threats;

    b.   Depiction or encouragement of prohibited use of alcohol or other drugs;

    c.   Harassing, discriminatory, or derogatory content about a legally protected status, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, order of protection status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or veteran status;

    d.   Sexually explicit or sexually provocative content;

    e.   Profane, obscene, defamatory, harassing, or fraudulent content.

2.   Stay On-Topic: Keep comments relevant to the post. Off-topic or spam-like comments may be removed.

3.   Protect Privacy: Do not share personal information or violate the privacy of students, staff, or community members.

4.   Avoid Misinformation: False or misleading information that could harm individuals or the community will be removed.

5.   No Promotions: Commercial promotions or solicitations unrelated are not permitted.

6.   Political Neutrality: Comments endorsing or opposing political candidates or ballot measures will be removed.

7.   Follow the Rules: Comments violating district policies, or the law may be removed.

8.   Site Rules: Any content removed by the social media platform pursuant to that platform’s social media terms and conditions is beyond the control of SD129.

9.   SD129 Revisions: SD129 may remove or amend its own content, at its discretion. Such removal may have the consequence of removing associated sub-posts or comments.

Repeated violators may be reported or result in additional action.

For questions about or review of removed comments, please contact agonzales@sd129.org