Students are expected to act in a responsible, ethical and legal manner in accordance with district policy, accepted rules of network etiquette, and federal and State law. Specifically, the following uses are prohibited:

(August 2015)

1.   Using the network for illegal activities, including copyright, license violations, downloading inappropriate materials, viruses, and/or software such as (but not limited to) hacking and host file sharing software.

2.   Using the network for financial or commercial gain, advertising, or political lobbying.

3.   Accessing or exploring online locations or materials that do not support the curriculum and/or are inappropriate for school assignments such as (but not limited to) pornographic sites.

4.   Vandalizing and/or tampering with equipment, programs, files, software, system performance or other components of the network.  Use or possession of hacking software is strictly prohibited.

5.   Causing congestion on the network or interfering with the work of others such as chain letters or broadcast messages to lists or individuals.

6.   Intentionally wasting finite resources such as online time, real-time music.

7.   Gaining unauthorized access anywhere on the network.

8.   Revealing the home address or phone number of one’s self or another person.

9.   Invading the privacy of other individuals.

10.  Using another user’s account, password, or allowing another user to access your account or password.

11.  Coaching, helping, observing, or joining any unauthorized activity on the network.

12.  Forwarding/distributing e-mail messages without permission from the author.

13.  Posting anonymous messages or unlawful information on the system.

14.  Engaging in sexual harassment or using objectionable language in public or private messages.

15.  Using comments that are racist, terroristic, abusive, sexually explicit, threatening, stalking, demeaning, slanderous, bullying, or sexist.

16.  Falsifying permission, authorization, or identification documents.

17.  Obtain copies or modify files, data, or passwords belonging to other users on the network.

18.  Knowingly placing a computer virus on a computer or network.

 

User accounts are considered the property of the District. The School District expressly reserves the right at any time to review the subject, content and appropriateness of electronic communications or other computer files and remove them if warranted, reporting any violation to the school administration or law enforcement officials.

Persons, using the District network, shall have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in the content of electronic communications or other computer files sent and received on the District network.

Violating the Acceptable Use Policy may result in:

• Loss of network access.
• Disciplinary or legal action, including, but not limited to, criminal prosecution under appropriate state and federal laws.