Computer Use

Student Computer and Internet Acceptable Use Policy

Alpine School District has given students opportunity to gain computer skills and necessary for course work and advanced learning. In order to protect the student, the District will provide internet content filtering and virus control software. Per the school’s request, students will be issued usernames and passwords. The network will be monitored for safety. Computer use is a privilege and students can lose this privilege and be subject to disciplinary action should he or she choose to violate the conditions of this contract. If the student’s parent/guardian hasn’t signed this legally binding contract, this means that they do not want their students to have access to school computers and/or the Internet. This document must be renewed yearly.

Privileges
Use of the Internet and school computers is a privilege and not a right. Internet services provided by the school district are not intended for personal or private use. ASD system administrators will determine appropriate use. Their decision is final. The system administrator may deny user access at any time.

Privacy
Students have no expectation of privacy of electronic data or communications (i.e., files, disks, documents, e-mails, etc., which may have been created in, entered in, stored in, downloaded from, or accessed on the School District’s computer system). System administrators monitor, log and may review any or all files and messages.

Terms and Conditions

Students will:

Only use school computer equipment with permission from and under supervision of lab advisor faculty/staff member.
Respect and follow computer teacher/advisor instructions
Use computer hardware, the Internet and the school network to work on school related assignments only
Immediately report equipment failures to staff members
Immediately report accidental access to unauthorized sites
Use computer property properly and ask for help when necessary
Report unacceptable Internet sites to staff supervisor
Follow basic net-etiquette and be a good network citizen

Students will not knowingly use school computers, equipment, or facilities to:

Access or distribute inappropriate materials objectionable to use in a public school environment. This includes pornographic, obscene, sexually explicit or threatening material
Use ones identity, misrepresent one’s identity or use another’s identity to 1) illegally access student, school, or district information or 2) send e-mail, chat or any form of electronic communication
Communicate with vulgar, defamatory or threatening language, graphics or artwork
Download, upload, install or execute software without prior approval from an authorized teacher/advisor. Violating copyright or intellectual rights by knowingly downloading or distributing copyrighted material
Engage in illegal activities defined as a violation of local, state and/or federal laws. This includes but is not limited to corrupting, destroying or manipulating system data.
Engage in hacking or miscreant activity such as purposefully loading or transmitting computer viruses, worms, malware, sniffers, packet capture software, password grabbers, spy-ware or software that compromises the network in any way
Change or manipulate the configuration of computer hardware or software.
Operate an unauthorized business
Lobby for political purposes
Execute non-educational gaming
Customize computer settings for personal use
Erase, expire or reset memory cache, web page links, or HTTP location history without prior consent
Use of any interactive real time Internet activity (such as chat rooms) without prior consent
Copy system or curriculum programs or files from a computer or the network without permission
Send mass e-mails

**The above examples are not all inclusive.

Non-District Equipment

A student may bring personal equipment such as a palm computer or laptop only under the following conditions:

The student is sponsored by a faculty member.
The equipment is registered with the on-site computer technician.
The district provided anti-virus software is installed.
A personal firewall is installed and never disabled.
Personal equipment that is used to access the district network falls under the same rules and regulations as district owned equipment.
The district may revoke the privilege or using personal equipment on our network at any time, with or without cause.

Violation of any part of this policy will be subject to consequences as determined by school, network, and district administration. This may include failure in citizenship, revocation of privileges, failure and/or removal from computer courses, suspension, expulsion, or other action deemed appropriate by Alpine School District.