notice any and all usage of the computer network and Internet access and any and all information
transmitted or received in connection with such usage. All such information files shall be and remain the
property of the School District and no user shall have any expectation of privacy regarding such materials.
D.
Failure to Follow Policy
- The user’s use of the computer network and the Internet is a privilege, not a
right. A user who violates this Policy shall, at a minimum, have his or her access to the computer network
and the Internet terminated, which the School District may refuse to reinstate for the remainder of the
student’s enrollment in the School District. A user violates this policy by his or her own action or by
failing to report any violations by other users that come to the attention of the user. Further, a user violates
this policy if he or she permits another to use his or her account or password to access the computer
network and the Internet, including any user whose access has been denied or terminated. The School
District may also take other disciplinary action in such circumstances.
E.
Warranties/Indemnification
- The School District makes no warranties of any kind, either expressed or
implied, in connection with its provision of access to and use of its computer networks and the Internet
provided under this policy. It shall not be responsible for any claims, losses, damages, or costs (including
attorney’s fees) of any kind suffered, directly or indirectly, by any user or his or her parent(s) or guardian(s)
arising out of the user’s use of its computer networks or the Internet under this Policy. By signing this
Policy, users are taking full responsibility for his or her use, and the user who is 18 or older, or, in the case
of a user under 19, the parent or guardian are agreeing to indemnify and hold the school, the Upper Scioto
Valley School District, the Data Acquisition Site that provides the computer and Internet access
opportunity to the School District and all of their administrators, teachers, and staff harmless from any and
all loss, costs, claims, or damages resulting from the user’s access to its computer network and the Internet,
including but not limited to any fees or charges incurred through purchases of goods or services by the user.
The user or, if the user is a minor, the user’s parent or guardian agree to cooperate with the school in the
event of the school’s initiating an investigation of a user’s use of his or her access to its computer network
and the Internet, whether that use is on a school computer or on another computer outside the School
District’s network.
F.
Updates
- Users, and if appropriate, the user’s parents or guardians, may be asked from time to time to
provide new or additional registration and account information or to sign a new policy, for example, to
reflect developments in the law or technology. Such information must be provided by the user (or his or
her parent or guardian) or such new policy must be signed if the user wishes to continue to receive service.
If after you have provided your account information, some or all of the information changes, you must
notify the person designated by the school to receive such information.
G.
Electronic Devices –
While in some instances that possession and use of electronic equipment or devices
by a student at school may be appropriate, often the possession and use of such equipment or devices by
students at school can have the effect of distracting, disrupting and/or intimidating others in the school
environment and leading to opportunities for academic dishonesty and other disruptions of the educational
process. Consequently, the Board of Education will supply any electronic equipment or devices necessary
for participation in the educational program. Students shall not use or possess any electronic equipment or
devices on school property or at any school-sponsored activity without the permission of the principal, the
classroom teacher, and/or advisor/coach.
Examples of prohibited devices include, but are not limited to cameras (photographic and/or
video), laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), lasers, laser pens or pointers, radios, "boom–boxes",
headphones, portable CD/MP3 players, portable TV's, electronic games/toys, and/or pagers/beepers,
other paging devices.
Distracting behavior that creates an unsafe environment will not be tolerated.
Students are prohibited from using electronic equipment or devices in a manner that may be
physically harmful to another person (e.g. shining a laser in the eyes of another student). Further, at no
time may any camera or other electronic equipment/device be utilized by a student in a way that might
reasonably create in the mind of another person an impression of being threatened, humiliated,
harassed, embarrassed, or intimidated. See Policy 5517.01 – Bullying and Other Forms of Aggressive
Behavior.
