Policy Skips Question of Facebook ; Student/Teacher Contact at Issue.

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After months of deliberation, the Columbia Public Schools policy committee has decided on a proposed update for its student/staff relations policy -- one that does not mention online social networking.

The committee struggled with the idea of forbidding interactions between students and staff on websites such as Facebook, a policy update the Missouri School Boards' Association has recommended. But instead, it will ask the Columbia Board of Education to approve a general policy at tomorrow's meeting that doesn't mention social networking.

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Policy Skips Question of Facebook ; Student/Teacher Contact at Issue.

"We didn't think we needed to go that route," Superintendent Chris Belcher said. "Social networks are simply another form of communication, and we don't need to create a new...

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