1. Any violation of the requirements of this policy, procedure, Informed Consent Form or any other student or employee conduct rules applicable to the use in question may subject user to student disciplinary action or personnel disciplinary action up to and including expulsion of student or termination of employment.
2. All use of the system must be in support of education and research and consistent with the mission of the District. The District reserves the right to prioritize use and access to the system.
3. Staff members may only use equipment that has been signed directly to the individual staff member for the efficient completion of their job.
4. Any use of the system must be in conformity to state and federal law, network provider policies, and District policy. Use of the system for personal use or commercial solicitation is prohibited. Use of the system for charitable purposes must be approved in advance by the Superintendent or designee.
5. The system constitutes public facilities and may not be used to support or oppose political candidates or measures.
6. Intentional disruption o the system is prohibited; system components including hardware or software shall not be destroyed, modified, or abused in any way.
7. Malicious use of the system to develop programs that harass other users or gain unauthorized access to any computer or computing system and/or damage the components of a computer or computing system is prohibited. Users are responsible for the appropriateness and content of material they transmit or publish on the system. Hate mail, harassment, discriminatory remarks or other anti-social behaviors are expressly prohibited.
8. Use of the system to access, store or distribute inappropriate materials such as obscene, pornographic, or other anti-social materials is prohibited.
9. Any electronic purchases of goods or services must follow District procurement procedures.
10. System accounts are to be used only by the authorized owner of the account for the authorized purpose. Users may not share their account number or password with another person or leave open a file or session unattended or unsupervised. Account owners are ultimately responsible for all activity under their account. For reasons of system and personal security, each system account holder must authorize District review of e-mail messages.
11. Users shall not seek information on, obtain copies of, or modify files, or other data or passwords belonging to other users, misrepresent other users on the system or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the system. "System" is defined as any equipment, software, and information that is part of the District network, K-20 network, or other non-connected equipment.
12. Communications may not be encrypted so as to avoid security review.
13. Users should change passwords regularly and avoid easily guessed passwords.
14. The Bremerton School District has the right to review, edit and remove any materials installed, used, stored or distributed on or through the network or District system. All users waive any right to privacy, which they might otherwise have, to such materials.
15. Personal information, such as addresses and telephone numbers should remain confidential when communicating on the system. Students should never reveal information without permission from their teacher or other supervising adult.
16. Students should never use the system to make appointments to meet people.
17. Students should notify their teacher or other District adult employee whenever they come across information or messages that are dangerous, inappropriate or make them feel uncomfortable.
18. The unauthorized installation, storage or distribution of copyrighted software or materials on District computers is prohibited.
19. Diligent effort must be made to conserve system resources. For example, users should frequently delete e-mail and unused files. Users should log off and turn off their individual computers at the end of the workday.
20. All employees must have a signed "Staff Consent Form" and "Application and agreement for Internet account on Olympic ESD114’s Computer Network-ORCA" on file with the District. All students are assumed to have Internet access privileges under the guidelines of this Acceptable Use Policy unless a parent or guardian completes and submits form 2022F-5 requesting the student NOT have Internet access.
21. Nothing in these regulations is intended to preclude the supervised use of the system while under the direction of a teacher or other approved user acting in conformity with District policy and procedure.
From time to time, the District will make a determination on where specific uses of the system are consistent with the regulations stated above. Under prescribed circumstances, non-student or non-staff use may be permitted, provide such individuals demonstrate that their use furthers the purpose and goals of the District.
For security and administrative purposes, the District reserves the right for authorized personnel to review system use and flies. The District reserves the right to remove any user account on the system to prevent further unauthorized activity. The District Internet Service Provider (WedNET/K_20) reserves the right to disconnect the District to prevent further unauthorized activity.
Violation of any of the conditions of use may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including expulsion or termination.