DWS Internet Policies
DWS Internet Policies
CHILD INTERNET PROTECTION ACT (CIPA)
Marshfield Public Schools is required to monitor all students’ in-school use of email, chat rooms, hacking, and other electronic communications such as instant messaging. This monitoring will occur as part of the normal classroom routine. Any and all violations of this policy by a student shall be subject to school discipline up to and including expulsion. Any unauthorized activity or unauthorized disclosure, use or dissemination or personal information by a student or others will be dealt with through the appropriate disciplinary procedures as outlined in the student handbook. Repeated proven infractions may result in discipline up to and including suspension or expulsion.
Marshfield Public Schools will use appropriate “CIPA” complaint filters and firewalls through our current Internet service provider and will make its best effort to maintain and update a list of blocked websites.
All student users are prohibited from attempting to override the filtering system and/or firewall. Such action will result in the loss of the privilege to use the Internet and may result in further disciplinary action up to and including suspension or expulsion.
The use of chat rooms by students is strictly prohibited unless authorized by a building principal. All students are prohibited from using email unless under the guidance of teachers and with parental permission. All permitted emails will be monitored by a teacher in charge.
(A complete copy of School Committee Policy CU02 may be obtained from the school office.)
The MPS strongly believe in the educational value of electronic services and recognize the potential to support curriculum and create life-long learners who know how to find information in our rapidly changing world. The MPS will take reasonable and due care to protect our elementary school students from any misuse and abuses as a result of their experience with an information service including filtering software and monitoring all use. Please discuss the following usage guidelines with your child. A form will be sent home at the beginning of the school year for your child and you to sign. As a user of this service, your child will be expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of network etiquette (“netiquette”).
Guidelines for students are:
INFORMATION:
While we will take reasonable and due care to supervise student searches on the
Internet, the school district makes no guarantees of any kind about the accuracy
or
appropriateness of the information found on-line. Parents are responsible for
evaluating your sources.
VANDALISM: Do not damage
any school computer system. In addition, never move, delete, or modify any
applications or files that are not yours.
SOFTWARE:
Do not load programs onto any computer without the permission of the teacher.
COPYRIGHT: Do not use other people’s information or ideas as your own. Always give credit to the original creators of the information you find on-line.
We will introduce e-mail use only as a teacher-directed activity where it is relevant to the curriculum. These additional guidelines regard the student’s use of and behavior on the Internet in cooperative learning project work and in the supervised use of the e-mail when that service is in place:
· BE POLITE.
· USE APPROPRIATE, RESPECTFUL LANGUAGE.
· VALUE YOUR PRIVACY.
As with all policies, the school officials may determine other behavior to be inappropriate. We reserve the right to change this policy without notice as the need arises.