Posting material authored or created by another without his/her consent.
i. Posting anonymous messages.
j. Using the network for commercial or private advertising.
k. Accessing, submitting, posting, publishing, or displaying any defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, harassing, or illegal material.
l. Using the network and/or Internet while access privileges are suspended or revoked.
m. Evading or disabling, or attempting to evade or disable, content-filtering technologies installed by the district.
n. Any unauthorized, deliberate, or negligent action which damages or disrupts technology resources, alters its normal performance, or causes it to malfunction, regardless or the location or the time duration of the disruption
o. Users may use only software, audio or video media, and hardware purchased by
the district or approved for use by the district.
q. At no time will computer equipment or software be removed from the district premises, unless authorized by the technology director or designated school officials.
r. All users will use the district’s property as it was intended. Technology or technology hardware will not be lifted, moved or relocated without permission from an administrator. All users will be held accountable for any damage they cause to district technology resources.
s. Any user who feels they have a legitimate reason for using the districts’ technology in a way which may violate any of the district’s published policies and procedures (legitimate research, etc) may request a wavier of the policies and procedures from the technology coordinator, superintendent or their designees.
4. Network Etiquette – You are expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of network etiquette. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Be polite. Do not become abusive in your message to others.
b. Use appropriate language. Do not swear, or use vulgarities or any other inappropriate language,
c. Do not reveal the personal addresses, e-mail address, telephone numbers, or last names of students or colleagues.
d. Recognize that electronic mail (e-mail) is not private. People who operate the system have access to all mail. Messages relating to or in support of illegal activities may be reported to the authorities.
e. Do not use the network in any way that would disrupt its use by other users.
f. Consider all communications and information accessible via the network to be private property.
g. Forgery (or attempted forgery) of e-mail messages is illegal and strictly prohibited.
5. No Warranties – The District makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, for the service it is providing. The District will not be responsible for any damages you suffer. This includes loss of data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, missed deliveries, or service interruptions caused by its negligence or your errors or omissions. Use of any information obtained via the Internet is at your own risk. The District specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or quality of information obtained through its service.
6. Indemnification
– The user agrees to indemnify the
7. Security – Network security is a high priority. If you can identify a security problem on the Internet, you must notify the system administrator or Building Principal.
a. Do not demonstrate the problem to other users.
b. Keep your account and password confidential.
c. Do not use another individual’s account without written permission from that individual.
d. Attempts to log-on to the Internet as a system administrator will result in cancellation of user privileges.
e. Any user identified as a security risk may be denied access to the network.
f. Use of district technology resources in attempting to gain or gaining unauthorized access to any computer system or files is prohibited
g. Intentional or negligent attempts, whether successful or unsuccessful, to interfere with the ability of others to utilize any district technology are prohibited.
h. The introduction of computer “viruses,” “hacking” tools, or other disruptive/destructive programs into a school computer, the school network, or any external network is prohibited.
8. Vandalism – Vandalism will result in cancellation of privileges and other disciplinary action. Vandalism is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy data of another user, the Internet, or any other network. This includes, but is not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses.
Employees need to sign the Authorization for Internet Access
only once while employed in the
Steven W. Laur
Superintendent