Social media use on the rise among central Wisconsin schools
With many students and parents joining social media networks, some central Wisconsin schools are embracing the technology, using it to communicate with students, parents and district residents. In the Wisconsin Rapids area, where many law enforcement agencies have fully embraced social media, school officials are exploring the concept at a district level, although individual schools, as well as extra-curricular clubs, organizations and sports programs already have their own pages on such sites as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, said Phillip Bickelhaupt,...