In a recent article on Yahoo! News by Tecca, a Grade school teacher's aide Kimberly Hester was fired for refusing to hand over the password to her Facebook account. A parent reported an image on the aide's page and brought the issue up the school district, prompting the investigation. While teachers have gotten into trouble for posts on Facebook before, Hester's case was different because she got fired for refusing to grant access to her Facebook account.
Many other school districts are asking their employees to hand over the access information to their Facebook accounts. I disagree with their decision to fire Hester and also for the other districts' decision to require access to their teachers' accounts. Teachers should, however, be very careful with what they decide to post on their Facebook pages. Although Hester's page was set to private and she was not friends with any of her students, a parent did find pictures that he/she found inappropriate, ultimately being the reason why Hester was let go.
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