The Upper Grand District School Board will no longer post on social media platform X anymore.
This decision differs from what it said previously where it would still post emergency information or notify users if its website is down. Now, it won’t be posting at all.
The UGDSB X page will stay up for now, said Heather Loney, UGDSB communications manager, via email. A message on the page will explain it won't be posting emergency information on the platform and it will instead direct people to its website and its app UG Connect.
Individual schools and departments haven't been given direction for posting on X or not. With UGDSB moving away from the platform it will continue to consider what this could mean for other schools and departments X accounts.
Previously, Loney noted the change in audience on X and the change to its block feature, which brings harassment concerns.