WELCOME TO THE CHINESE IMMERSION SCHOOL AT DEAVILA ParentDB!

In order to expand and invigorate our community conversation outside of chatting on the playground before and after school, we offer ParentDB as a virtual message board for our school community. The goal for this message board is to build community around our shared interests in our children/students in the absence of regular face-to-face interactions. The audience of this list includes parents, caregivers, teachers, administration and students of CIS

The primary function of this communications tool is providing schoolwide information and notice of upcoming events. You may also use this list to post information and raise questions of interest to the broader CIS Community. We welcome supportive and informative dialogue on this list. All posts should be free from discrimination and harassment or the possible interpretation of such.

To achieve those goals, CIS ParentDB members agree to abide by the following Community Norms (see below).

POSTING GUIDELINES

  • You may post a message by visiting cis.parentdb.com/dashboard
  • Please sign your posts and feel free to mention your students name, homeroom, etc as a reference. Example "Kathryn Bache (Theo, 2-111 and Arden, K-106)"
  • When replying to a post, please stay on topic, keeping dialog relevant to the original post.
  • Please change the subject line when changing to a new topic.
  • You are welcome to share resources, enrichment opportunities, fundraisers and community events which benefit our students. Requests for help or advice are also welcome.
  • Messages may not include copyrighted material without permission from the copyright owner. When in doubt, include a link to the original material.
  • Messages may not be inflammatory or lead to impaired student safety.
  • Please do not forward private messages to the group without consent from the original author of the message.
  • No personal businesses may be promoted through the group unless a poster has requested a recommendation and it's directly related to student success (ie: tutoring resources, ride sharing services, testing, camps, afterschool programs, etc.)
    • No independent fundraising should be posted or conducted on ParentDB. All fundraising needs to be done through CIS or the PTA. (including GoFundMe, etc)
  • Respect that each person in the group has their own opinion, experience and goals for their student(s) and the school.
  • Politics - The CIS PTSA is a 501c3 non-profit, which means it cannot endorse candidates or post political events. We can discuss propositions and initiatives.
  • Please refrain from using sarcasm or using ALL CAPS (looks like shouting).
  • Take it “off list” if a discussion is occurring between you and one other person.
  • You may not harass other CIS Community members “off list”.
  • If you are not interested in a topic or find a thread tiresome, just move on.

MODERATING CIS ParentDB

All postings to ParentDB can be reviewed by members of the PTA Executive Board and taken down for the following violations. ANY MESSAGES CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING WILL BE LOGGED & BLOCKED.

  • Discussion about personal conflicts between teachers, parents, and administration including references to individual students who are not related to the poster
  • Racist, sexist, misogynistic, or homophobic comments
  • Redundant postings
  • Profanity or offensive language
  • Rumors or personal information about another people
  • Harassment of CIS Community members

Should a CIS Community member violate any of the posting rules, they will be emailed privately and given 1 warning. Repeat violators will no longer to able to post to ParentDB feed.