Happening Now:Send Us Your News, Weather and Sports Photos! School district proposes ban on Facebook friends between students and faculty

Maile Tua'one:

Granite School District has proposed a policy on banning faculty from becoming friends on Facebook with students. If the policy is passed, it will be the first of its kind in the entire state. The proposed policy applies to all employees in the District. "I think it's very good because I think it's a check and balance on the Facebook," said Helen Mellen, teacher at Olympus High School. "I think they get out of hand. They can become very dangerous."

Some students at school will not deny the dangers of getting to know their teachers better on Facebook, but a few students feel the social networking site has helped them in contacting their teachers.

"Even if they do make the policy, I could see teachers getting away with it," said student Gavin Salisbury. "Last week I turned in an assignment over Facebook, I at least told the teacher over Facebook that my assignment was in his e-mail, so the assignment was on time because of Facebook."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 12, 2010 1:42 AM
Subscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas