THE BOW SCHOOL DISTRICT INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY Use of Facilities The Bow School District's Network system, BowNET, has a limited educational purpose. Activities that are acceptable on BowNET include classroom activities, career development, and high-quality personal research. You may not use BowNET for entertainment purposes (except for those periods of time that the school has designated as "open access"). BowNET is not a public access service or a public forum. The Bow School District has the right to place reasonable restrictions on the material you access or post through the system. You are expected to follow the rules set forth in the Bow School District's disciplinary code and the law in your use of BowNET. You may not use BowNET for commercial purposes. This means you may not offer, provide, or purchase products or services through BowNET. You may use the system to communicate with elected representatives and to express your opinion on political issues, but not for political lobbying. Responsible Personnel The School District Technology Coordinator is responsible for administration and monitoring of BowNET. Any decisions involving significant changes to the system will be made together with the Superintendent. The School District Technology Coordinator is responsible for the oversight and management of the Bow School District web site. School Building Web Masters are responsible for the oversight and management of school building web sites. Teachers are responsible for the oversight and management of their teacher web sites and any student produced websites they oversee. Materials on all web sites sponsored by the district must be updated on a monthly basis or as needed to remain current. The Bow School District reserves the right to remove any published content from any website sponsored by the district. All users with access
to BowNET must sign a User Agreement acknowledging
the receipt of this AUP. All executed user agreements will be maintained in
individual school building administrative offices. Disciplinary
issues will be dealt with by the appropriate district personnel. Users of BowNET are those students and employees of the Bow School District with a signed User Agreement on file. Users of the Bow School District will be allowed access to BowNET during class time as well as during other periods designated as "open access". Users of BowNET are prohibited from sending or receiving the following types of material on the Network:
The Bow School District is in receipt of federal education funding and has installed Internet filters on BowNET. Students and staff should self-monitor to determine appropriateness of material and activities. It is not our intent to curtail any academic freedom to use appropriate materials for educational purposes; however, all staff should be confident in evaluating material accessed on the Internet for use in the classroom. Staff will monitor students for inappropriate use of the Network. Special authorization may be obtained from the School District Technology Coordinator to allow exceptions to prohibited material in cases of legitimate research. Students needing access for class projects have highest priority for access to the Network. Students should immediately notify supervising staff if they mistakenly access prohibited material. The Bow School District cannot monitor in accord with a multitude of different family values; therefore parents are encouraged to discuss values with their children. Parents are responsible for monitoring any remote access provided by the Bow School District. District web pages will comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (1994). See http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm. Hyperlinking web pages must be made with caution, as any hyperlinked sites will be subjected to the same scrutiny as all other material posted on any district web pages. PrivacyCopyrighted and other proprietary materials: Disciplinary Actions When inappropriate use of the Internet is determined through due process the result will be the cancellation of those privileges or any other disciplinary action as appropriate. The Building Administrators will deem what is appropriate use and their decision is final. The Technology Coordinator may close an account at any time as required. The administration, faculty, and staff may request the administrator to deny, revoke or suspend specific user accounts. Any student identified as a security risk may be denied access. Limitation of Liability The District makes no guarantee that the functions or the services provided by or through the District system will be error-free or without defect. The District will not be responsible for any damage you may suffer, including, but not limited to, loss of data or interruptions of service. The District is not responsible for the accuracy or quality of the information obtained through or stored on the system. The District will not be responsible for financial obligations arising through the unauthorized use of the system. Parents may be held financially responsible for any harm to the system as a result of a student's intentional misuse.
A local education agency, which maintains education records, may provide information designated as directory information consistent with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Each year schools shall give parents public notice of the types of information designated as directory information. By a specified time after parents are notified of their review rights, parents shall request in writing to remove all or part of the information on their child that they do not wish to be available to the public. Such approval shall be renewed on an annual basis. Items of directory information, which is information not generally considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed, may include:
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