Community High School District 128

In the past few months, District 128 administrators have discussed the pros and cons of developing a District 128 presence on Facebook and Twitter.  Several administrators have attended numerous seminars and webinars regarding the issues surrounding social networking sites and schools.  After much discussion, we have determined that Facebook is a communication tool that today is most popular with students and families. 

We believe that having a Facebook fan page will enable us to reach a broader audience of District 128 constituents. Unless you are a current D128 student, parent or employee, odds are pretty good that you don't regularly visit our websites.  A Facebook page will allow us to reach those named above, as well as the many more people who will connect with us on Facebook.  In other words, we will be reaching people where they are, rather than expecting them to reach us.  Moreover, through the launch of our own fan page, we hope to model the appropriate use of Facebook as described below in the District’s "expectations for communicating electronically with students."

The District 128 Facebook fan page launched on March 25.  A link to the page can be found at the bottom of each of the school and District homepages.  You will NOT have to have a Facebook account to view the page.

The D128 Facebook page will contain news and informational postings about D128, LHS and VHHS, and will be maintained by the District 128 Communications Department.  In many cases, it will duplicate the information already posted to the District website and distributed to the local media.  Again, it is one more means of reaching our wide variety of publics.  It is in no way intended to replace the ALERTNOW system used to communicate emergency information to parents.  The Facebook site will continue to be blocked to students on our school networks.