ACCEPTABLE USE OF SCHOOL COMPUTERS

The use of computers in school is an essential component in a 21st Century education. We expect the use of computers to be appropriate and meaningful to the content of the District curriculum. We will take every precaution to ensure that your child is not exposed to inappropriate, illegal, or defamatory sites but recognize that there is no guarantee that your child will never come into contact with such sites. The acceptable use of the District's electronic information services (EIS) requires the use of these resources be in accordance with the following guidelines, and supports the educational goals of the district.

Students will be utilizing both email and the Internet. With this in mind, the following is a list of proper student behaviors using this technology. Please keep in mind that email and Internet use is not private.

email Use

• training on proper email use will occur before email accounts are issued
• email among students, staff on campus, and cooperating corespondents is allowed
• the school rules regarding use of profanity, verbal abuse, and threatening statements apply to email messages
• students will not:
• access, send or display offensive pictures or messages
• violate copyright laws
• use obscene language
• harass, insult, or attack others
• use another person's account password

Internet/Web Page Use

• training on proper use of the Internet will occur before students are allowed access the World Wide Web
• to preserve the anonymity of students, each student will be given an alias for use when student work is placed on our web
• students will only access teacher specified web sites by way of teacher bookmarks
• students will not:
• access, send or display offensive pictures or messages
• use obscene language
• harass, insult, or attack others
• violate copyright laws
• use another person's account or password
• type in URL without teacher's permission

Students must:

• use technology resources for educational purposes only
• agree not to retrieve or display any inappropriate material, including material that is defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane, gang-related, sexually threatening or explicit, racially offensive or illegal
• not attempt to harm, modify, gain unauthorized access to district systems or data, destroy software or interfere with system security
• not reveal names, home addresses, or personal phone numbers over the Internet
• abide by all copyright regulations, thereby refraining from plagiarizing or illegally copying copyrighted material.

CONSEQUENCES

Students who are not responsible and who do not follow the District's policies on the use of the Internet and email may face one or all of the following penalties. Remember, the use of the Internet and various technologies offered by the school district is a privilege, not a right.

Students K-8

• Parent Notification
• Parent Conference
• Loss of Internet and email access
• In-School Suspension
• Suspension from school
• Civil and Criminal Penalties when appropriate

Student Agreement and Parental Permission Forms

Instructional Employees

Terms and Conditions on the use of Electronic Information Services (Please sign and read carefully.)

Acceptable Use

I will use the service to support the personal educational goals and objectives within the scope of the objectives of the School District. Inappropriate use may result the termination of the use of electronic information services (EIS) an/or appropriate disciplinary action.

The instructional employee must:

• Use the EIS only for the purposes of instruction during instructional time.
• Follow all copyright regulations.
• Agree not to display, submit, publish, any abusive, obscene, inaccurate, defamatory, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive, threatening, or illegal material.
• Receive prior approval from the Superintendent for any information or promotion, including, but not limited to web pages prior to their publication. All such information becomes the property of the District.
• Agree not to divulge any personal home numbers or home addresses other than their own.
• Understand that electric mail is not private and can be accessed and read by select district personnel.
• Agree not to use the network in ways that would cause a disruption of its use by other members.
• Pay fees which result from purchases and/or the use of services of products not previously authorized for payment by the district.
• Follow the code of conduct of the district.
• Agree not to use the EIS for personal gain, commercial use, or profit.
• Maintain direct supervision of all the students when the EIS is in use.
• Agree not to attempt to modify, harm, or destroy software or interfere with the security of the system.
• Take responsibility for personal accounts, including the safeguarding of all personal account information from directly logging on, unauthorized use, and supervising account activities.

Users may practice and build their EIS skills through personal use of computers during noncontract time with students, as well as before and/or after school/work hours.

The instructional employee should:

• Use correct mechanics and make messages easy to understand.
• Respect the rights of others to participate in the use of the network by not monopolizing the computer and the system.

Services 

The District specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy of information. The District will make an effort to ensure access to proper materials, however, the user has the ultimate responsibility for how the EIS is used and and takes on the risk of the currency of data, comprehensiveness, and relevancy of the information obtained.

I acknowledge that the District has taken every precaution to ensure the safe use of the EIS and further acknowledge that any inappropriate information can be accessed if the user aggressively pursues such information.

I have read and agree to abide to the District regulations and policy on the use of EIS, as incorporated herein by reference.

I understand and will abide by the conditions and provisions indicated. I understand that any violations of the above conditions and terms may result in disciplinary action and the loss of privileges to use information services.

Name __________________________________

Signature ______________________________ Date________________

School/Department_________________________________________

* Acceptable Use Policy and forms were adapted from John Hay, 1999 and the Alhambra Elementary School District.

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