Lebanon, OR. — The Lebanon Community School District released a statement Friday addressing questions from community members about why the district and Lebanon High School have not shared social media contests organized by local businesses to promote voting in the national T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights competition.
“Per email guidance directly from our contacts at T-Mobile, we were advised that ‘we would discourage amplifying external contests on official school channels, as it could be perceived as inducing votes and may conflict with the program’s official rules,’” the district said in its release. “In the spirit of transparency, we want our community to understand this is why we have not shared business-related contests connected to the T-Mobile competition.”
The district encouraged supporters to continue daily voting at T-Mobile’s official contest page through October 24, noting that a validation period follows before final results are certified…