Inappropriate Use for Students 

In addition to “Inappropriate Use for All Users,” students should not:

• • Reveal personal information such as their home address or phone number to other Internet users.

  • Use their real name or any other information which might allow a person to locate the student without first obtaining the permission of a supervising teacher. 

  • Arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone who was “met” on the network or Internet. 

  • Buy or sell anything over the Internet.

In using the network and Internet, the following situations or activities are considered inappropriate use and constitute a violation of this policy, regardless of whether the individual engaging in such activities is a student, a school district employee, or any other individual:

• Sharing passwords, using another’s account, or impersonating another user.  

Exceptions:

• • Students are allowed to share their passwords with their parents/guardians, teachers, or district technology department staff upon request. 

  • Upon supervisor approval, district staff may share accounts (excluding the district account) to access systems that have technical or other limitations that hamper individual user accounts.

  • For troubleshooting purposes only, district technology department staff may access systems as another user. Such access will be documented.

Using the network or Internet to:

• • Violate the law or encourage others to violate the law.

  • Gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to data or systems.

  • Jeopardize the security of others’ access or data.

  • Cause harm to others, including disrupting network access or capacity.

  • Invade others’ privacy.

  • Sell or promote the use of any substance prohibited by district policy.

  • View or transmit material that is obscene, pornographic, child pornography, or harmful to minors.

  • Disrupt others’ access or data.

  • Promote or conduct personal commercial activities or use district email to conduct personal business.

  • Promote a specific political entity.

Cyberbullying is when one or more person(s) intentionally harm, harass, intimidate, or reject another person using technology. Cyberbullying will not be tolerated under any circumstances. 

This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• • Sending mean, embarrassing, or threatening messages via e-mail, instant messaging (IM), text messages, or other network tools.

  • Stealing another person’s login and password to send mean, embarrassing, or threatening messages from his/her account.

  • Spreading rumors about others through e-mail, instant messaging, text messages, or other network tools.

  • Using a website or social networking account that targets another student or other person(s).

  • Sharing fake or embarrassing photos or videos of someone with others via a cellular device or the Internet.

In addition to “Inappropriate Use for All Users,” staff should not: 

• Share their district password. The district password should not be shared with anyone, including other employees or the district technology department staff.

• Reuse their district password with other websites or services. Staff is encouraged to use a secure digital password manager. Efforts by district technology department staff to reduce the number of unique passwords needed by a user via password synchronization or other technologies are allowed and encouraged.

Student access to the network and Internet is needed for achieving certain district teaching and learning outcomes. All student users and their parents or guardians are advised that access to the network and Internet may include the potential for access to materials inappropriate for school-aged students. District staff will take appropriate measures to monitor the online activities of students and to supervise student use of network and Internet access, but they must have student cooperation.

The district utilizes an Internet filtering system to prevent users from accessing websites with visual depictions that are obscene; pornographic; or, with respect to student use, harmful to minors. The district also prevents students from accessing other material that is inappropriate for school-aged students (as determined by district staff and school principals). Filtering systems have limitations and cannot be expected to be 100% effective. Filtering works with web browsing (not email or messaging) on equipment connected to the district networks. Devices connected to outside networks (such as student mobile phones with cellular Internet) cannot be filtered. Students will receive education about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.

The district will provide for qualifying students, qualifying staff, and school board members to access the district’s email system. Messages on the system will be retained in an archived state for a minimum of three years for staff or school board members and one school year for students. A canceled account may not retain its email. 

All students are provided with district networks and Google accounts. Student email is disabled on summer break excluding: (1) exceptions for special education students as determined by the district special education director, and (2) if needed for summer school students while summer school is in session. 

Student email may be disabled during academic breaks. 

Student email may be monitored by a third party to alert the district to policy or safety concerns, but issues may only be addressed by district employees on days that school is in session from the hours of 8 AM to 4:30 PM. The district encourages and supports parents/guardians to monitor their child’s email account and their communications, but not to send emails from their child’s account.

Users who violate this policy may lose access to the network or Internet in addition to other disciplinary actions in accordance with the district’s discipline policies. In addition, violators and their parents/guardians may be subject to civil and criminal penalties as specified by Oklahoma and federal law.

The school district makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, in connection with its provision of access to and use of its networks and the Internet provided under this policy. The district and all staff 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/her parents or guardians) arising out of the use of its networks or the Internet under this policy. 

Users agree to indemnify and hold the school, the school district, the network or Internet provider, and all staff harmless from any and all loss, costs, claims, or damages resulting from the user’s access to the 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 the parent/guardians of a minor student agree to cooperate with the district in the event of an investigation of a user’s network or Internet use, whether that use is on a school device or on a device outside the school district’s network. Any expense incurred to access the district’s network, servers, services, or software from a remote location, such as a home, is the responsibility of the user.

The school district makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, in connection with its provision of access to and use of its networks and the Internet provided under this policy. The district and all staff 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/her parents or guardians) arising out of the use of its networks or the Internet under this policy. 

Users agree to indemnify and hold the school, the school district, the network or Internet provider, and all staff harmless from any and all loss, costs, claims, or damages resulting from the user’s access to the 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 the parent/guardians of a minor student agree to cooperate with the district in the event of an investigation of a user’s network or Internet use, whether that use is on a school device or on a device outside the school district’s network. Any expense incurred to access the district’s network, servers, services, or software from a remote location, such as a home, is the responsibility of the user.