Teachers in Central Bucks schools could face strict new rules about what they can, and cannot, post online.  The proposed policy comes after one teacher made national headlines for posting very controversial comments about her students.

She's been called the "Blogging Teacher."  Natalie Munroe did not mince words when writing online about some of her students: "frightfully dim," "rat-like," and "lazy jerks" are just a few of the things Natalie Munroe blogged about them.  A few others, we can't say on television.

When the Central Bucks East English teacher was suspended in February, it led to a national debate about teachers' first amendment rights in the age of cyber communication.

"I had been called down to the principal's office, and he had a stack of blogs in front of him, and he said, 'Are these yours?  Did you write them?'", Munroe told 69 News shortly after her suspension.

Tuesday night, the Central Bucks school board proposed placing tight limits on teachers' activities online.  The policy is broad.  It bans teachers from posting material online that is "disruptive to the educational process," including "provocative" statements and photographs.  It also would prohibit "online activities that would jeopardize the professional nature of the staff-student relationship."  Teachers would also be banned from calling or texting students, or emailing them from a personal account.

Munroe was reinstated last month because officials said the district had no legal basis to dismiss her.

"We found a need to have a policy that was much more focused than our existing policies, and much more direct and much more specific," superintendent Dr. Robert Laws said at Tuesday night's meeting.

"It [the Munroe case] was certainly the driving force," said school board president Paul Faulkner.  "I mean, when you have a situation that brings something to the forefront as that did, and it's problematic, you need to work on it rapidly."

This is far from a done deal.  The district will spend the next few weeks, maybe even months, soliciting opinions from teachers, students, and parents before it votes on the proposed policy.