Acceptable Uses: The District’s computers, equipment, and software are intended for administration, education, and academic research purposes only and shall be used only as according to the administrative regulations. Acceptable uses of the District’s computers and the Internet are activities which support learning and teaching or which promote the District’s mission and goals.
Prohibited Uses: According to the Administrative Regulations, the District’s computers and the Internet access provided by the District shall not be used:
- To violate an individual’s right to privacy
- To access materials, information, or files of another person or organization without permission
- To violate the copyright laws
- To spread computer viruses
- To deliberately attempt to vandalize, damage, disable, or disrupt the District’s property or the property of any other individual or organization
- To locate, receive, transmit, store, or print files or messages which are profane, obscene or sexually explicit, or which use language that is offensive or degrading to others
- To distribute religious materials
- To campaign for or against any political candidate or ballot proposition
- For any commercial purpose resulting in personal gain or other commercial purposes not authorized by the Administration, Board or Board policies and regulations
- To engage in any illegal activity
- To engage in Cyber Bullying at school, workplace, and away from school
Consequences for Misuse: The use of the District’s computers and the Internet access provided by the District is a privilege, not a right. Any student or employee who inappropriately uses the District’s computers or the Internet may have the privilege of using the computers of the Internet denied, revoked, or suspended and may be subject to other disciplinary sanctions.
No Expectation of Privacy: No student or employee shall have any expectation of privacy in any electronic mail being sent or received by the District’s computers or the District-provided internet access. The District’s system operators may access any electronic mail and may delete any inappropriate material from any electronic mail sent or received using the District’s computers or the District-provided Internet access.
Use of Software: Students are prohibited from installing, copying, or downloading any copyrighted material or software on District’s computer hardware. Employees are prohibited from installing, copying or downloading any copyrighted material or software on District’s computer hardware without the express written consent of the copyright holder and the approval of the appropriate administrator or system operator.
See Board Policy for additional information.