Chester Academy Acceptable Use Policy

General Principles

 

Use of the public Internet by students, teachers, and school employees is permitted and encouraged where such use is suitable for educational purposes and supports the educational and administrative goals and objectives of the school. The Internet is to be used in a manner that is consistent with the school’s standards of conduct and as part of the normal execution of a student’s education, a teacher’s instruction, and a school employee’s job responsibilities.

·         School-provided Internet/Intranet and e-mail privileges, like computer systems and networks, are considered School resources, and are intended to be used for educational and administrative purposes only.

·         School e-mail accounts, Internet IDs and web pages should not be used for anything other than school-sanctioned communications. The School reserves the right to determine the suitability of transmitted information.

·         Students, teachers, and employees should be aware that any usage, including distributing or receiving of any information, school-related or personal, may be monitored for unusual activity, security, and/or network management reasons.

·         Correspondence via e-mail is not guaranteed to be private. Official communications of a sensitive or confidential nature should not be sent via e-mail.

·         It should be made clear to recipients that opinions expressed by individuals are not necessarily those of the School.

Conditions of Use

The following practices are considered unacceptable, and may be subject to disciplinary action, including written warnings, revocation of access privileges, and, in some cases, termination of enrollment or employment. The school also reserves the right to report any illegal activities to the appropriate authorities.

·         Visiting Internet sites that contain obscene, hateful or otherwise objectionable materials; sending or receiving any material that is obscene, defamatory, or that is intended to annoy, harass, intimidate, or violate the civil rights another person.

·         Sending and receiving unusually large e-mails or attachments; sending or forwarding electronic chain letters.

·         Spending time on non-educational or non-scholastic business.

·         Soliciting e-mails that are unrelated to school activities, or soliciting non-school business for personal gain or profit.

·         Representing personal opinions as those of the school.

·         Using the Internet or e-mail for gambling or illegal activities.

·         Making or posting indecent remarks, proposals or materials.

·         Uploading, downloading or otherwise transmitting commercial software or copyrighted material in violation of its copyright.

·         Downloading any software or electronic files without implementing virus protection measures that have been approved and/or prescribed by the school administration.

·         Intentionally interfering with normal operation of the network, including the propagation of computer viruses, or sustained high volume network traffic, which substantially hinders others in their use of the network.

·         Revealing or publicizing confidential or proprietary information, which includes, but is not limited to: school databases and the information contained therein, computer software, computer network access codes and student personal information.

·         Examining, changing or using another person’s files, output or user name without explicit authorization.

·         Other inappropriate uses of Internet/Intranet or network resources that may be identified by school administration or the network administrator from time to time.