Privacy: Should schools monitor students social media accounts?

Should School Districts be able to monitor their students' social media accounts?

Is this a safety precaution? Or is this an complete invasion of privacy?

I feel like it is hard to determine what is best in this kind of situation. I believe that it is an invasion of privacy, and what you post on your social media account should not concern your school...in MOST cases. 

There are some times when it could be helpful, such as:

• Monitoring cyberbullying. If an incident is brought up in school, where a kid is being bullied by another student, then I think it is okay to monitor the social media sites to prevent things from continuing. BUT I feel like these incidents have to be brought up in school, and talked to with a councilor or staff member--They should not just lurk on students profiles and suspend a kid because of what they see. It should be talked about beforehand at least.

• Threats to the school or community. If there is a rumor about some threat said by a student that can possibly harm innocent people, this should be checked out. BUT AGAIN, it should be talked about beforehand and they should not jump to conclusions. 

If there is something that would effect the learning and safety of the students, then it should be okay to monitor social media. 

Otherwise, they have no right to act on something they see on a students profile. I know that it is online, and that anyone can see it. As long as the student is asked about something concerning or checked on first before taking action it should be fine. I think social media monitoring needs to be used only when there is a direct connection with the school, and the effect on the students.

Here are some articles that have more information about this topic:

Is this for safety or for snooping?

Should schools monitor social media accounts?

and there is a case where a school hired a former FBI agent

Is that going to far?

Let me know what you think!