363.1
Board of Education Policy
TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTABLE USE AND INTERNET
SAFETY POLICY
The
1. To log network use and to monitor
fileserver space utilization by users. The District assumes no responsibility
or liability for files deleted due to violation of fileserver space allotments.
2.
To remove a user account on the network.
3. To
monitor online activities. This may include real-time monitoring of information
technology and network activity and/or maintaining a log of Internet activity
for later review.
4.
To provide internal and external controls as appropriate and feasible. Such
controls shall include the right to determine who will have access to District
-owned equipment and, specifically, to exclude those who do not abide by the
District's Information Technology and Network Use Policy or other policies
governing the use of school facilities, equipment, and materials. The District
reserves the right to restrict online destinations through software or other
means.
5.
To provide guidelines and make reasonable efforts to train staff and students
in acceptable use and policies governing ITN resources.
6. To monitor and
record ITN usage.
7.
To inspect any and all data stored in public or private areas of networked and
individual storage systems of any kind, without notice or warning, and at any
time or for any purpose.
8.
To cooperate with requests from law enforcement and regulatory agencies for
logs, diaries, data, and archives on individuals’ computing activities to the
extent required by law.
Implementation
All users of the District’s ITN resources shall be notified
of policies relating to acceptable use of the resources. The District will
provide a copy of this policy to every student’s parent or guardian and all
employees upon its adoption. The policy will be available upon request from the
school administration. Annually, parents must review this policy with their
student(s), explaining its provisions and spirit in a manner in which the
student understands it. Parents must also grant permission for the student to
access and use the District’s ITN resources before a User ID and password is
assigned. In addition to this parental review, appropriate District employees
will review this policy with students each school year.
Limitation of Liability
The District will not be responsible for any damage users
may suffer, including, but not limited to, loss, damage or unavailability of
data stored on District diskettes, tapes, hard drives or servers, or for delays
or changes in or interruptions of service or misdeliveries
or non-deliveries of information or materials, regardless of the cause. The
District is not responsible for the accuracy or quality of any advice or
information obtained through or stored on the District network. The District
will not be responsible for financial obligations arising through unauthorized
use of its ITN resources.
Policy Review
The Board may conduct an annual review of this policy due to
the rapid changes in technology. District administration may develop
appropriate guidelines and procedures necessary to implement this policy for
submission to the Board of Education for approval. Upon approval by the Board,
such guidelines and procedures shall be an addendum to this policy. The
District's ITN policies and procedures are available for review by all parents,
guardians, staff and community members.
LEGAL REFERENCES: Sections 118.13 Wisconsin
Statutes
120.13
120.18
121.02(1)(h)
943.70
947.0125
Wisconsin
Administrative Code PI 8.01(2)(h), PI 9.03
Children’s
Internet Protection Act
Neighborhood
Children’s Internet Protection Act
CROSS REFERENCES: 363.1
– Exhibit, Information Technology and Network Use Agreement 411.1, Student Harassment
512,
Harassment in the Workplace
Adopted: 07/29/96
Reviewed:
Revised: 08/11/99,
11/13/00, 02/10/03, 08/02/04, 08/08/11
363.1 - Rule
A. Management,
Administration, Monitoring, and Privacy
1. The
District has systems in place that monitor usage of all Information Technology
and Network (ITN) resources including, but not limited to, computers, software,
mobile devices (e.g., laptops, iPods/MP3, cell phones, etc.), e-mail, and the
Internet. Users should have no expectation of privacy regarding usage of these
resources.
2.
If a user connects to a site that contains any offensive, disruptive, or
harmful material, he/she must disconnect from that site immediately, regardless
of whether that site has been previously deemed acceptable by any screening or
rating program, and inform the teacher or supervisor of the incident.
Offensive, disruptive, or harmful data include, but are not limited to any
messages, files, or data that contain the following:
·
pornographic or erotic images,
·
sexual implications,
·
racial slurs,
·
derogatory gender-specific comments,
·
information or instructions designed to
cause physical harm to another person,
·
comments that offensively address a
person’s age, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, political beliefs, national origin, or disability,
·
any comment intended to frighten,
intimidate, threaten, abuse, annoy, or harass another person; and,
·
those data or activities which invade the privacy of another
person.
B. Data
Integrity and Security
1. Non-District
owned hardware or software may not be introduced into the system without approval
from the appropriate District network personnel.
2. Employees shall download only those
materials, which are applicable to their position in the District, and the size
of the file(s) downloaded during any one session should not exceed 50MB without
permission of District network personnel. Students may only download files from
the Internet that are specifically designated for use in classroom assignments
and activities, and then only with the permission and direction of their
teacher. The use of the District’s ITN resources to transfer data outside of
these limits can create congestion that may adversely affect everyone’s ability
to access ITN resources.
3. No employee or student may use District ITN
resources to download or distribute software or data that is pirated, or in a
manner inconsistent with its license agreement or applicable copyright law and
District copyright policy. Any software or files transferred in any manner into
or via the District’s computing facilities becomes the property of the District,
subject to the restrictions of any existing licensing agreement or applicable
copyright law or policy. In any event, such downloaded files, regardless of
license or license ownership, may only be used in a manner consistent with
their licenses or copyrights, applicable District policy, or other controlling
authority.
4. Unless software or data transferred into
the District’s computing facilities is part of an approved educational
curriculum, students and employees must understand that the unauthorized use or
independent installation of non-standard data may cause computers and networks
to function erratically, improperly, or cause data loss, and should take that
into consideration when installing software not directly related to or approved
through an existing curriculum. Users should seek the assistance of qualified District network personnel in using
non-standard software and data, and must never install downloaded software to
networked storage devices without the assistance and approval of appropriate
personnel.
5. No
employee or student may use the District’s ITN resources to disable or overload
any computer system or network, or to circumvent any system intended to protect
the privacy or security of another user or the user’s data.
6. No
employee or student may use the District’s ITN resources to propagate any
virus, worm, Trojan horse, trap-door program code, or any form of destructive
or malicious computer instruction. Further, employees or students may not
propagate any virus “warnings” via electronic mail except to alert appropriate
District network personnel. To that end, all data that is transferred into the
District’s computing facilities must be checked for viruses before it is run or
otherwise accessed. On computers where virus scanning takes place
automatically, the virus scanning software must not be disabled, modified,
uninstalled, or otherwise deactivated.
7. Employees
and students may not intentionally delete or modify data that is used as part
of an approved educational curriculum, except where the deletion or
modification of said data is part of that curriculum. Users must respect the
fact that, much like a library, software and data are made available for all to
use and benefit from.
C. User
IDs and Passwords
An ID and password will be assigned to
each authorized user to permit access to ITN resources. Users will be held
accountable for all activity that occurs under his/her ID and password,
regardless of whether the person assigned to the User ID and password is the
actual user. “Strong passwords” contain both upper and lowercase characters,
have letters, digits and punctuation characters and are at least (5) five
characters long. Users should not share passwords with anyone nor should they
write passwords down and store them in their office. If an ID and/or password becomes disabled or compromised, users should immediately
contact District network personnel for assistance.
D. Acceptable
Use of Electronic Mail
The District’s e-mail system is provided
to staff and other authorized users for transacting school-related business. e-mail may be used for curriculum discussions,
administrative announcements, scheduling, parent and student communications,
event notifications, and other school-related business. Limited personal use of
the e-mail system is permitted so long as it does not interfere with
educational or employment responsibilities, consume more than a trivial amount
of network resources, or violate state or federal law, or board policies.
Improper use of e-mail may result in loss of network privileges, disciplinary
action and/or criminal charges, depending on the severity of the infraction.
Allegations of misuse should be reported to District network personnel.
1. The District’s e-mail system may NOT be used
for illegal or unlawful purposes, including, but not limited to, copyright
infringement, obscenity, libel, slander, fraud, defamation, plagiarism,
harassment, cheating, intimidation, forgery, impersonation, solicitation,
discrimination, and computer tampering. Users are solely responsible for the
content they disseminate via e-mail.
2. The District’s e-mail system may NOT be used
as a means to bully others (i.e., cyberbullying).
Therefore, the following electronic activities are prohibited:
a. Sending a message to a person that
threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to that person or their property, with the intent to frighten,
intimidate, threaten, abuse or harass that
person;
b. Sending a message to a person that uses
any obscene, lewd or profane language or images
or suggests any lewd or lascivious act;
c.
Intentionally preventing or attempting
to prevent the disclosure of his or her own identity when sending a message to
a person; and,
d. Sending
repeated messages with the intent of harassing that person.
3. The
District assumes no liability for direct and/or indirect damages arising from
the user’s use of the e-mail system. The District is not responsible for any
third-party claim, demand, or damage arising out of the use of its e-mail
systems or services.
4. Nothing
should be included in an electronic mail message that the user would not want
read by a third party. The District has security facilities in place to prevent
unauthorized access to our internal networks and electronic mail stored there,
but be aware that messages transmitted outside our networks may be equally
protected, less protected, or not protected at all.
5. E-mail correspondence may create and
constitute pupil records that are protected by state and federal law. Use of
full student names and other identifying information should be used with
caution. First name or initials may be ways to represent student identities
within e-mail messages. E-mail discussions about students should ALWAYS BE
FACTUAL and not judgment-based.
6. E-mail
is part of the District’s public record and is centrally archived according to
federal and state law after deletion by individual users. e-mail
should be retained by the individual user only as long as needed, and not archived
or otherwise stored beyond the time that it may reasonably need to be referred
to.
7.
There should be NO expectation
of privacy when sending or receiving e-mail communications. The District
maintains the ability to monitor e-mail usage and may do so during routine
maintenance or when requested by an investigating authority.
8.
E-mail accounts will be granted
to long-term substitute employees or third party non-employees on a
case-by-case basis. Applications for temporary accounts must be submitted to
and approved by Human Resources.
9.
E-mail access will be terminated
when the user ends his/her association with the District. The District is not
obligated to store or forward the contents of an individual’s e-mail account
after employment or association has ceased.
E. Acceptable Use of Mobile
Technology Devices
The District permits approved use of
mobile technology devices by students and employees in support of teaching and
learning, managing resources and connecting with stakeholders. Limited use of
personal devices is also permitted so long as it does not interfere with
educational or employment responsibilities consume more than a trivial amount
of network resources, violate state or federal law, or board policies. Mobile
technology devices may include laptop computers, portable digital assistants
(PDA), cell phones, gaming devices, iPods/MP3 players, wireless access points,
wireless devices, digital cameras, video cameras, storage devices, and other
electronics that may be carried on a person.
The District is not liable for the loss,
damage, or misuse of any personal mobile technology devices while on District
property or while attending school sponsored activities. The District also
reserves the right to examine any device at any time to ensure policy
compliance.
This policy sets forth guidelines for
safe and acceptable use of mobile devices. Improper use may result in loss of
network privileges, device confiscation, disciplinary action and/or criminal
charges, depending on the severity of the infraction.
STUDENT USE
Students will abide by the following terms when
using mobile technology devices.
1. Students who are issued devices by the
District will abide by the following terms:
a. Users assume primary responsibility for the
safety and security of the device and content.
b. Users are not permitted to install software
or make significant configuration changes to devices without expressed, written
permission from District network personnel.
2. Limited
use of personal devices on school property is permitted. In such instances,
students will abide by the following terms:
a. Students MAY use personal devices
during non-instructional times and locations as approved and designated by the
building administrator.
b. Students MAY use personal devices for
medical or other uses as approved by the building administrator.
c. Students MAY NOT use personal devices
during instructional time unless approved by the building administrator or
classroom teacher.
d. Students MAY NOT use personal devices
to disrupt the school atmosphere.
e. Students MAY NOT use personal
devices to connect to the District network either by wired or wireless methods
without permission from the District network personnel and the building
principal.
f. Students MAY NOT use personal
devices to obtain unfiltered access to web page content while on district
property.
g. Students MAY NOT use personal devices
to take photographs or to record audio or video while on District property or
while a student is engaged in school-sponsored activities unless approved by
the building principal.
h. Students MAY NOT use personal
devices to compromise the integrity of the instructional or assessment program.
i. Students
MAY NOT use personal devices to propagate a virus, worm, Trojan horse,
spyware, or other malicious software on the District network.
j. Students MAY NOT use personal
devices to establish a wireless network without permission from the building
principal or classroom teacher.
k. Students MAY NOT use personal devices
to access, create or send inappropriate content while on district property or
at school-sponsored events.
Consequences for Inappropriate Use
Failure to follow the procedures and prohibitions
listed above may result in the loss of the right to mobile technology devices,
loss of access to network resources, and/or device confiscation. When a device
is confiscated for the first time, the student may retrieve the device
at the end of the school day. A parent is required to retrieve the device for a
second occurrence. Students who continue to abuse this policy may also
be ticketed.
EMPLOYEE USE
1. Employees who are issued devices by the
District will abide by the following terms:
a. District-provided
devices are District property. Users assume primary responsibility for the
safety and security of the device and content.
b. Users
are not permitted to install software or make configuration changes to devices
without expressed, written permission from District network personnel.
c. The
District reserves the right to audit, examine, monitor, or recall devices at
any time and for any reason.
d. All repairs to devices will be facilitated
by District network personnel.
e. Upon
termination of employment or upon initiation of a leave-of-absence, employees
must return mobile technology devices to District network personnel.
2. Limited use of personal devices on school
property is permitted. In such instances, employees will abide by the following
terms:
a. Devices
shall never be connected to the District network either by wired or wireless methods
without permission from the District network personnel.
b. Devices
shall not be used on District premises to obtain unfiltered access to web page
content.
c. The
user of a device found to be the source of a virus, worms, trojan horses, spyware, or other malicious software
on the District network will be held liable for all resulting damages to
network resources and will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.
d. Accessing,
creating or sending inappropriate content stored on personal devices while on
District property constitutes a violation of the ITN Use Policy and is subject
to the consequences thereof.
e. Employee
assumes all responsibility for the safety of all content on devices. Employees
are responsible to provide an accurate, up-to-date inventory of any District
file or data that could contain personal identification information.
f. The
use of personal wireless access points or other wireless network enabling
equipment for instructional purposes is prohibited on school premises.
g. The
District shall not be liable for the loss, damage, or misuse of any personal devices.
Consequences
for Inappropriate Use
Failure to follow the procedures and prohibitions
listed above may result in the loss of the right to mobile technology devices,
loss of access to network resources, and appropriate disciplinary action up to
and including termination of employment. Illegal use of the mobile technology
device, such as intentional deletion or damage to files or data belonging to
others, copyright violations or theft of services may be reported to the
appropriate legal authorities for possible prosecution.
F. Acceptable
Use of the Internet
The District believes that instructional
resources available on the Internet outweigh potential risks of permitting
Internet access. Therefore, staff members and students are provided Internet
access for educational, professional, and administrative purposes. Limited
personal use of the Internet is permitted so long as it does not interfere with
educational or employment responsibilities, consume more than a trivial amount
of network resources, or violate state or federal law, or board policies.
This policy sets forth guidelines for
safe and acceptable use of the Internet. Improper use of the Internet may
result in loss of network privileges, disciplinary action and/or criminal
charges, depending on the severity of the infraction. Allegations of misuse
should be reported to District network personnel.
Users
will NOT:
1.
Access, review, upload, download, store, print, post or distribute
pornographic, obscene or sexually explicit material or other visual depictions
that are harmful to minors.
2. Transmit
or receive obscene, abusive, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory,
threatening, disrespectful or sexually explicit language.
3. Access,
review, upload, download, store, print, post, or distribute materials that use
language or images that are inappropriate to the educational setting including
violent, discriminatory or disruptive or damaging media .
4. Knowingly
or recklessly post false or defamatory information about a person or
organization or to harass another person, or to engage in personal attacks,
including prejudicial or discriminatory attacks.
5. Engage in any illegal act or violate any
local, state or federal statute or law.
6. Post
another person’s private information or personal contact information, including
but not limited to home addresses, telephone numbers, identification numbers,
account numbers, access codes or passwords, labeled photographs or other
information that would make the individual's identity easily traceable, and
will not repost a message that was sent to the user privately without
permission of the person who sent the message.
a. This paragraph does not prohibit the posting
of employee contact information on district web pages or communications between
employees and other individuals when such communications are made for
education-related purposes (i.e., communications with parents or other staff
members related to students).
b. Employees creating or posting school-related
web pages may include personal contact information about themselves on a
webpage. However, employees may not post personal contact information or other
personally identifiable information about students unless:
i. such
information is classified as Directory Information and verification is made
that the district has not received notice from a parent/guardian or eligible
student that such information is not to be designated as Directory Information;
or
ii. such information is
not classified as Directory Information but written consent for release of the
information to be posted has been obtained from a parent/ guardian or eligible
student. In addition, prior to posting any personal contact or personally
identifiable information on a school-related webpage, employees shall obtain
written approval of the content of the postings from the building
administrator.
7.
Violate copyright laws or usage licensing agreements or otherwise use another
person's property without the person's prior approval or proper citation,
including the downloading or exchanging of pirated software or copying software
to or from any school computer, and will not plagiarize works they find on the
Internet.
8. Conduct
a business for unauthorized commercial purposes or for financial gain. Users
will not use the system to offer or provide goods or services or for product
advertisement. Users will not use the District system to purchase goods or
services for personal use without authorization from the appropriate district
official.
9. Advertise or engage in political lobbying.
10. Download
entertainment software or other files not related to the mission and objectives
of the District for transfer to a user's home computer, personal computer, or
other media.
11. Download,
copy, or otherwise duplicate, and/or distribute copyrighted materials without
the specific written permission of the copyright owner except when that
duplication and/or distribution of materials for educational purposes is
permitted when such duplication and/or distribution would fall within the Fair
Use Doctrine of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, USC).
12. Play games unless specifically authorized by a
teacher for instructional purposes.
13. Establish
connections to live communications, including audio and/or video unless
specifically authorized by District network personnel.
If a user inadvertently accesses
unacceptable materials or an unacceptable Internet site, the user shall
immediately disclose the inadvertent access to District network personnel. This
disclosure may serve as a defense against an allegation that the user has
intentionally violated this policy. A user may also in certain rare instances
access otherwise unacceptable materials if necessary to complete an assignment
and if done with the prior approval of and with appropriate guidance from the
appropriate teacher.
Parents bear responsibility for
the same guidance of Internet use outside of school as they exercise with
information sources such as television, telephones, radio, movies and other
possibly offensive media. Parents are responsible for monitoring their
student's use of the District’s information technology and network resources,
including the Internet, if the student is accessing said resources from home or
a remote location.
Remote Access to District
Internet Resources
A student or staff member
engaging in unacceptable Internet use when off District premises may also be in
violation of this policy. If the District receives a report of an unacceptable
use of District resources originating from a non-school computer or resource,
the District may investigate such reports to the best of its ability. Students
or employees may be subject to disciplinary action for such conduct including
but not limited to, suspension or cancellation of the use or access to the
information technology and network resources and discipline under other appropriate
District policies, including suspension, expulsion, exclusion, or termination
of employment.
Internet
Safety
Consistent with the Children’s
Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Neighborhood Children’s Internet
Protection Act (N-CIPA), the District has implemented software on all computers
with Internet access that protects against access to visual depictions that are
obscene, pornographic and/or harmful to children. This software is operating at
all times, and enables the District to monitor and protect against the
aforementioned visual depictions. The District has additional systems in place
to ensure the security, integrity, and appropriateness of the data on our
networks. However, we also rely on and respect each family’s right to decide whether
to allow their student(s) access to the Internet.
Limited
Expectation of Privacy
The District maintains control
over materials on its network. Users should have no expectation of privacy in
the contents of personal files on the District’s system.
G. Acceptable
Use of Web 2.0 Resources
Web 2.0 or social Web resources are a
collection of tools that enable read/write and media interaction in cyberspace.
Web 2.0 tools include blogs, wikis, podcasts, social-bookmarking, multiuser
role-playing environments, video games, and social-networking sites like
MySpace, Flickr, Bebo, Ning, Imbee, and Facebook. The District permits responsible and safe use of
these tools for instructional purposes. This policy sets forth guidelines for
safe and acceptable use of Web 2.0 resources.
Students
1. The
uses of Web 2.0 tools are considered extensions of the classroom. Therefore,
any speech that is considered inappropriate in the classroom is also
inappropriate in all uses of blogs, podcasts, or other web 2.0 tools. This
includes but is not limited to profanity; racist, sexist or discriminatory
remarks.
2. Students
using blogs, wikis or other web tools are expected to act safely by keeping ALL
personal information out of their posts. A student should NEVER post personal
information on the web. This includes, but is not limited to, last names,
personal details including addresses, phone numbers, family names, email
addresses, or photographs. Photographs may be posted with parental/user consent
when educationally relevant and in accordance with applicable copyright
provisions.
3.
Students using such tools agree to not share their user name or password with
anyone besides their teachers and parents.
4. Students
should take privacy precautions to protect their personal information from
being accessed via links to any online login name. In addition, comments made
on social sites, blogs etc. should be monitored and deleted if inappropriate.
5. Web site links should be read in their
entirety to ensure content is appropriate for a school setting.
6.
Publication or posting of information to social networking sites or online
spaces must be for educational purposes only and clearly identified as a
requisite of the classroom activity. Appropriate sharing of interests, ideas
and preferences is encouraged.
7. At
no time should students sign into any web-based service, requiring them to
provide personal details in exchange for a user name and password for further
access not explicitly authorized by the teacher.
8. At
no time should students post unauthorized video or audio to public spaces,
either as a ‘member’ of the service or anonymously.
9. Students
may not alter, delete or move any digital materials produced on any ‘social
space’ without permission of the owner.
10. Students
may not comment via text on other people’s work that is publically accessible
without permission of the teacher.
11. Teacher
and school generated media is subject to copyright. Publishing any part of any
copyrighted material or posting, downloading or plagiarizing work is not
permitted.
12. Students
and parents must be aware that social network publishing means that everything
they publish in the public domain cannot be deleted, moved or suspended by the
school. Even if content is deleted, it is likely that it can still be accessed
in the future.
13. Students
who do not abide by these terms and conditions may lose their opportunity to
take part in the project and/or be subject to consequences appropriate to
misuse.
14. Students
should use Web 2.0 tools for educational use only. Any abuse will result in immediate loss of
the privilege of accessing any Web 2.0 tools.
Staff
District policy does not prohibit
personal use of Web 2.0 tools for business conducted outside of the school day.
It does, however, include staff and student communications conducted at any
time.
1. Content
posted or added to online spaces must adhere to the ITN Use Policy, applicable
privacy policies and laws, and all other Board policies, rules, and
regulations.
2. Information
posted or published in online spaces should be education-related and
non-confidential. All efforts should be made to uphold student privacy, ensure
authenticity of content, and display professional integrity.
3. Staff will NOT use Web 2.0 tools to:
a. Conduct
or promote outside business activities.
b. Promote
or advertise for commercial products unrelated or related to instruction.
c. Defame
or cause defamation of the character of any individual, organization or
institution.
d. Divulge
any personal information about students, or jeopardize their safety in any
other way.
e.
Conduct inappropriate conversations or
relationships including, but not limited to, digital images, text, and media
unrelated to school curricula and correspondence.
H. World
Wide Web Publishing and Use
1. Materials
published to the World Wide Web using District computing facilities are
considered official District materials, and will be created by appropriate
employees. Students may, upon approval of their teacher, create Web pages
relating to class projects or other school-related activities. The purpose of
Web pages published by the District shall be to communicate information about
the District to students, parents, and the public, and to provide an
instructional tool with links to other sites that correlate with current
curriculum, are age-appropriate, and are reviewed in advance by appropriate
District employees.
2. Web
pages on the World Wide Web allow an international audience to visit the
District electronically. Therefore, the construction and ongoing maintenance of
web pages that represent the District are to be viewed as public information
vehicles and the following guidelines should be applied:
·
Pages and the data contained thereon belong to the
District, and should reflect quality work and accurate information.
·
Contents must adhere to this policy, applicable
privacy policies and laws, applicable copyright policies and laws, and other
established District policies.
·
Information published on District web pages should
be education-related, non-confidential, and non-commercial. However,
advertising for non-profit, school-sponsored organizations may be acceptable.
·
All pages should be created to facilitate easy
loading and viewing of graphics and audiovisual materials by the user of the
page, whether internal or outside the District, and subject to the restrictions
contained in this policy.
·
Links to commercial or personal Web pages shall not
be made from any District web page, except where such linking would serve a
legitimate educational purpose, and the content on the entire linked site would
not violate any provision of this policy.
3. The
District shall designate an individual(s) to be responsible for maintaining the
official District web page and monitoring all web page activity. The individual
will be the District “webmaster.” The security of the system will be the
responsibility of the webmaster. The webmaster will also work with the sites
including the Board, Administrative Offices and individual schools. District
web pages shall not contain the following items:
·
Students’ full names, electronic mail addresses,
telephone numbers, street addresses, or any other identifying information.
·
Identifying photographs, video, or likenesses of
students and staff unless written permission has been granted.
·
Employees’ personal electronic mail addresses,
personal telephone numbers, street addresses, or any other identifying
information of a personal nature. Web pages may contain an employee’s name,
title, work telephone number, work electronic mail address, the building or
facility he or she is employed in, and other work-related information to
facilitate communication with parents and other outside correspondents.
4. All school and site Web pages must be
reviewed and approved by the Principal or designee.
5. District
web pages should be updated regularly on a schedule determined by appropriate
District network personnel. Links to outside pages must be reviewed and checked
regularly for accuracy.
6. The
work of students may be published on the District’s Web pages provided that a
written release is granted by the parent or guardian of the student.
7. Each
employee and student using the Web and other Internet facilities of the
District shall identify himself or herself honestly, accurately, and completely
at all times. No employee or student may purport to represent the District or
its views, policies, or opinions without the advance approval of the
Superintendent, and employees and students must refrain from political
advocacy, endorsement of products, services, or educational methods, or
communication with any media outlet or public forum without such advance
approval.
I. Resource
Considerations
1. Students
and employees with Internet access should not use District resources to
transfer images, video, or sound materials unless there is an explicit
educational purpose for such a transfer. The regular and widespread transfer of
such large amounts of data creates a significant burden on any computing
facility. Rather than transferring large files via the public Internet, users
should ideally download a large amount of data once, then
distribute it to others using the District’s faster internal networks.
2. Whenever
possible, students and employees should schedule communications-intensive
operations such as large file transfers, video downloads, mass emailing, or the
use of streaming audiovisual technology for times when other users are not
likely to be performing the same activity.
3. Students
and employees will be granted a limited amount of space on the District’s
networks to store electronic mail, files, and other data. Users may not exceed
this quota without the advance approval and assistance of appropriate District
network personnel, and users at their storage limit may find that their access
to some resources will be automatically restricted or disabled to ensure that
the resource will be equally available for everyone to use at all times.
4. The
District may, at any time and without warning, move or delete data stored on
networked systems to efficiently allocate computing resources to all users.
While every reasonable attempt will be made to inform users of such
modifications or deletions, users should preserve important or sensitive data
on a disk or other removable storage medium, and particularly recognize that
there may be circumstances when such a notification will not be possible, such
as at the end of an academic year or during a vacation period.
J. Enforcement
1. Any
user identified as a security risk or having a history of problems with
computing systems may be denied access to the District’s computing facilities,
with or without advance notice, warning, or opportunity to cure a defect that
may result in such a revocation of privileges.
2. The
District will report all violations or suspected violations of District, local,
state, or federal laws and policies to the appropriate administrator, agency,
or law enforcement authority, and will cooperate fully in the investigation of
any activity that may violate established law or doctrine.
3.
Violations of Information Technology and Network Use Policy will be
investigated by appropriate District personnel. Where appropriate, disciplinary
action will be taken against students and employees violating any provision of
this Policy, as provided for by Board policy.
K. Enforcement
Guidelines for Administrators
Consequence
Guidelines for Improper Computer Use - Students
Students are provided networked computer
access for educational purposes only. Computers are to be used in accordance
with our Information Technology and Network policy. Improper use of our
computers or computer network will result in the following consequences:
General
Misuse
General
misuse of equipment will include infractions such as:
·
Password sharing
·
Actions to equipment without purpose (pounding
keys, altering monitor, unplugging mouse or keyboard, etc.)
·
Student failure to report improper acts of fellow
students
·
Non-educational web-browsing or computer
game-playing
Consequence: Warning or teacher assigned detention. Continued general misuse could
result in loss of Internet access and/or computer use for a period of time.
Equipment
/ Network Tampering
Tampering
will include infractions such as:
·
Settings changes
·
Password fraud such as using another student’s or
staff member’s password without his or her knowledge
·
Introduction of non-district owned hardware or
software (games, freeware, software deletes, installs, including copyright
infringement etc.) to the network without approval from appropriate systems
management personnel
·
Inappropriate communication (e.g., including misuse
of Web 2.0 tools, email, texting, IM, improper or profane language, etc.)
Consequence:
1st
Offense – Detention and loss of computer privileges for up to 15 school
days.
2nd Offense - Loss of computer
privileges for an extended period of time.
Administratively directed consequences such as community service may be
assigned. A parent contact will be made.
3rd Offense - Loss of privileges
for an extended period of time and/or out-of-school suspension - a mandatory
parent meeting will be held with administrator and/or designee before
privileges are reinstated.
Using
a proxy server to circumvent filtering
Consequence:
1st Offense - Loss of computer
privileges for an extended period of time - a parent meeting will be held with
administrator and/or designee before privileges are reinstated.
2nd Offense - Loss of privileges
for one full year and/or out-of-school suspension - a mandatory parent meeting
will be held with administrator and referring teacher before privileges are
reinstated.
Severe
Infraction
Any infraction, with evidence, that is
serious enough that it could involve the police will carry severe consequences.
·
cyberbullying
·
sharing inappropriate or illegal content online
·
theft
·
cracking or hacking
·
vandalism - including intentional viruses, harassment, gambling, dealing drugs,
etc.
Consequence: Suspension from school for up to five days and immediate loss of
computer network privileges for as long as one full calendar year up to
expulsion. The student will not be able to use the computer network, even in a
supervised classroom situation, and will need to use pencil and paper and print
resources for research and assignments. The student may be dropped from
computer classes for one school year. Depending on circumstances, police may or
may not be involved. Administratively
directed consequences such as community service may be assigned.
The above misdeeds and consequences are
not meant to be all-inclusive, but to serve as a guideline for potential
infractions. Administrative discretion will be employed.
*Often, the student account will be disabled until the consequence has
been determined.
363.1 - Exhibit
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND NETWORK USE AGREEMENT
The Port Edwards
School District provides employees and students access to its Information
Technology and Network (ITN) resources for educational and other school-related
purposes. ITN resources include, but are not limited to, computers, software,
mobile devices (e.g., laptops, iPods/MP3, cell phones, etc), e-mail, and
Internet access. These resources are available in each school and, in some
cases, via remote access. Use is a privilege and users agree to comply with all
provisions of the Information Technology and Network Use Policy.
As a user of District ITN resources, I
recognize and understand that these resources are the exclusive property of
Port Edwards School District. I agree not to use ITN resources in a way that is
disruptive, offensive, or harmful to others or to the District. Further, I
agree not to use a password that has not been disclosed to the District. I
agree not to use pass codes, access a file or retrieve any stored
communication, other than where authorized, unless there has been prior
clearance by a teacher or District administrator. I agree not to copy, send or
receive copyrighted or confidential materials without permission.
I am aware that the District reserves,
and will exercise the right, to review, audit, intercept, access and, if
necessary, disclose all matters on the District’s ITN resources when legitimate
purposes require it. I am aware that the District may exercise these rights with
or without notice. I am aware that use of a password or code does not guarantee
confidentiality or privacy or restrict the District’s right to access
electronic communications.
STUDENT / STAFF:
I understand and will abide by the Information Technology and
Network Use Policy. Should I commit any violation, my access privileges may be
revoked and school disciplinary and/or appropriate legal action may be taken.
Name (please print):
_____________________________________________________________________
Signature: ________________________________________ Date: ______________________________
PARENT OR GUARDIAN:
As the parent or guardian of this student, I have read the
Information Technology and Network Use Policy. I understand that access to
these resources is for educational and school-related purposes. I recognize
that it is impossible for the Port Edwards School District to restrict access
to all controversial materials, and I will not hold them responsible for
materials acquired on the network. I hereby give permission to issue accounts
for my child and certify that the information contained in this form is
correct.
Parent or Guardian’s Name (please
print): ____________________________________________________
Signature: ________________________________________ Date: ______________________________