ohloneschool50.com is a community for students, teachers, staff, alumni and parents of Ohlone Elementary School in Palo Alto, CA. The community is built around public and private posts focusing on memories of Ohlone Elementary School. All community participants must comply with the following Code of Conduct. Administrators will enforce this code throughout ohloneschool50.com. This code of conduct borrows heavily from the The Rands Leadership Slack Code of Conduct.

 

Be respectful of others, ask people to stop if you are bothered; respect privacy; understand this community is not-for-profit. If you violate this Code of Conduct, it will be made clear to you, and you may be asked to leave ohloneschool50.com.

 

Respect

 

ohloneschool50.com is an inclusive environment based on treating all individuals respectfully, regardless of gender or gender identity (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), political affiliation, or career path.

 

We value respectful behavior above individual opinions.

 

Respectful behavior includes but is not limited to:

 

• Be considerate, kind, constructive, and helpful.

• Avoid demeaning, discriminatory, harassing, hateful, or physically threatening behavior, speech, and imagery.

• Due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights, and traditions of others.

 

If you're unclear if a communication, action, or behavior is respectful, ask the source instead of assuming. If you don't find clarity, contact ohloneschool50@gmail.com.

 

Privacy, Attribution, and Aggregation

 

Protect IP and legally-protected information. This community is not a public space. However, no one has signed a non-disclosure agreement ("NDA") to participate, and you should not presume anything you say here will remain private, so act accordingly.

 

For attribution of specific content found on this website on public posts, we ask that you ask the originator of the content for permission. If you don’t receive consent promptly, we ask that you credit the “ohloneschool50.com” Sharing content from private posts is discouraged without permission of the private poster. 

 

Not For Profit

 

This community is not for commercial behavior. This is not a place for prominent commercial activities such as recruiting, lead generation, marketing, and other solicitation.

 

Don't Be a Troll

 

A troll is a member who starts flame wars or intentionally upsets other members by posting inflammatory, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages to provoke members into displaying emotional responses and normalizing tangential discussion either for the troll's amusement or a specific gain.

 

Content posted in this fashion results in a no-warning expulsion of the offending account from ohloneschool50.com. Trolling which does not meet this high bar is managed via the usual content review process.

 

Content Review Process

 

Admins may come across or be notified of ohloneschool50.com content violating the Code of Conduct. In some situations, this may lead to an Administrator deleting the message (or messages) that violate the CoC. Messages most likely to be deleted are commercial solicitations, disrespectful messages to other members, or links to disturbing or distressing content without appropriate measures to warn of or hide the content (including image uploads and unfurls).

 

Ideally, another RLS member notices this content and contacts the original poster, who then modifies or deletes the message so that it is no longer problematic. In this case, no further Administrator action is required. Suppose Administrator action is desired due to lack of response or any other reason. In that case, an Administrator will notify the original poster of the violation and the need to reword or remove the problematic message. The Administrator will also specify a time after which Administrator action will be taken to delete the content if it is not addressed. This time may be as little as a few minutes or as much as 24 hours.

 

The determination of how much time is allowed is up to the Administrator, but the following context will be used to help determine the time before the Administrator’s action:

 

• How blatant the violation is

• How likely it is to be seen by others

• How likely it is to trigger negative reactions in others

 

Resolve Peacefully

 

As a school community, we believe peer-to-peer discussions, feedback, and corrections can help build a stronger, safer, more informed, and more welcoming community.

 

If you see someone violating any part of this Code of Conduct, we urge you to respectfully dissuade them from such behavior using specifics from this document as guidelines. Expect that others in the community wish to help keep the community respectful and welcome your input.

 

If you experience disrespectful behavior toward yourself or anyone else and feel unable or unwilling to respond or resolve it respectfully (for any reason), please immediately bring it to the attention of an Administrator. We want to hear from you about anything that you feel is disrespectful, threatening, or just something that could make someone feel distressed. We will listen and work to resolve the matter with your help promptly.

 

Should you catch yourself behaving disrespectfully, or be confronted as such, listen intently, own up to your words and actions, and apologize accordingly. No one is perfect, and even well-intentioned people make mistakes. How you handle them and avoid repeating them in future matters. We are here to learn as leaders.

 

Additional Situations

 

Suppose the Administrators determine that a member is violating any part of this Code of Conduct. In that case, they may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion and exclusion from ohloneschool50.com. 

 

As Administrators, we will seek to resolve conflicts peacefully and in a manner that is positive for the community. This Code of Conduct documents everyday situations we've seen, but we can't foresee every situation. If, in the Administrator's judgment, the best thing to do is to ask a disrespectful individual to leave, we will do so.

 

Administrators

 

You can contact the administrator by emailing ohloneschool50@gmail.com

 

Administrator Information Access

 

As part of the role, Administrators have information not available to all users. This information includes:

 

• A member provides email addresses as part of our sign-up process.

• Information contained within member requests to join the community. This might include email and name.

 

Administrators may use the above information as part of a Code of Conduct investigation. Usage of this information unrelated to administrator work is forbidden and will be treated as a Code of Conduct violation.