IJNDC
INTERNET PUBLICATION
I. PURPOSE
The Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District has established a district-wide web page that links users to web pages for the district's individual schools and other electronic resources. The School District maintains these web pages for educational purposes only, in furtherance of the educational mission of the District. All published pages and corresponding links to other sites must relate to the district's educational mission.
II. SUPERVISION AND APPROVAL OF WEB PAGES
The Technology Coordinator may select “Webmasters” who shall be responsible for overseeing the school district's web pages and maintaining the web pages in a manner consistent with this policy and the school district's Acceptable Use Policy and Acceptable Use Procedures. The Webmaster must approve all links from the district web pages to other sites on the Internet. The Webmaster will review the links to ensure that the links are related to the district's educational mission.
Staff members may publish web pages related to their class projects, courses or activities on the District’s web site. Staff members must submit their material to the Webmaster for approval before the material can be published. Staff members may not publish or link to personal web pages as part of the District web site.
Student or staff work (e.g. voice, likeness, quotes, written material, musical pieces and graphic or other artwork) may be published on the district's web pages, as detailed below. All work that is published will be accompanied by a copyright notice written by the Webmaster that prohibits copying the work without the written consent of the copyright holder.
III. CONTENT STANDARDS
All web page materials are expected to be accurate, grammatically correct and free of spelling errors. Web pages should be well organized and professional in appearance. Age and grade appropriate deviation from this standard is permissible.
Web pages must not contain copyrighted or trademarked material belonging to others unless written permission to display such material has been obtained from the owner and the owner is credited on the corresponding web page.
The Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District recognizes the importance of ensuring that our websites are accessible to those with disabilities. District websites will strive to conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and will be built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML and CSS. Using standards compliant HTML/CSS code means any current and future browsers will also display content correctly. All AWRSD websites will strive to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability. To that end websites will be reviewed to identify non-compliant elements or documents and to bring them into compliance.
IV. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
A. In general
Identifying information about students, such as first and last names, personal phone numbers or home addresses, will not be published. First names or first names and the first letter of the student's last name may be used where appropriate.
B. Student photographs
· Student photographs may be published only with the written consent of the student's parent or guardian.
· Student photographs will not be accompanied by identifying information about the student(s).
C. Student work
Student work, e.g. voice, likeness, quotes, written material, musical pieces, and graphic or other artwork, may be published only with the written consent of the student's parent or guardian.
D. Staff photographs, identifying information and work
· Photographs of staff members, accompanied by the staff member's full name, may be published only with the staff member's written consent.
· Staff work, e.g. voice, likeness, quotes, written material, musical pieces and graphic or other artwork, may be published only with the staff member's written consent.
Exception to the last name identification and photograph restrictions in this section may be made for awards or other public recognition that has been published in outside media (i.e. Newspapers, TV etc.).
SOURCE: MASC
CROSS REF: IJNDB Acceptable Use Policy for Technology and Electronic Resources
First Reading: 4/11/17 Second Reading: 4/25/17 Revised & Readopted: 5/9/17