Policy
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES IN INSTRUCTION
Code IJNDB Issued 10/02
Purpose: To establish the board's vision
and the basic structure for the use of technology resources in instruction.
The Internet
can provide a vast collection of educational resources for students and
employees. It is a global network
that makes it impossible to control all available information. Because
information appears, disappears and changes constantly, it is not possible to
predict or control what students
may locate. The school district makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of information received on the Internet.
Although students will be under teacher supervision while on the network, it is not possible to
constantly monitor individual students and what they are accessing on the network. Some students
might encounter information that is not of educational value.
Accessing inappropriate sites
Student Internet activities will
be monitored by the district to ensure students are
not accessing inappropriate sites
that have visual depictions that include obscenity, child pornography or are harmful to minors. The school district
will use technology protection measures to protect students from inappropriate access.
The district will provide reasonable
notice of and at least one public hearing or meeting to address and communicate its Internet
safety measures.
District and school computer
technicians who are working with a computer and come across sexually explicit images of children must
report this to local law enforcement. The report must include the name and address of the owner
or person in possession of the computer.
Adopted 10/14/02
Legal references:
A. Federal law:
1. 47 USC Section 254(h) - Children's
Internet Protection Act.
B. S.C. Code of Laws, 1976, as amended:
1. Section
16-3-850 - Encountering child pornography while
processing film or working on a computer.
Anderson County School District No. 2
ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT TWO
Honea Path, SC
Dear Parent/Legal Guardian:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) authorizes Anderson County School District Two to release "directory information" of students to
individuals who request it. Directory information includes your child's name, address, telephone number, photograph (as related to
school/district sponsored events, activities and special recognitions), date and place of birth, participation in
officially recognized activities and sports, weights and heights of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees and awards
received, the most recent previous school attended and other similar information.
Additionally, information about your child
may appear in newspaper articles, on television, in radio broadcasts, on displays, on the World Wide Web (WWW) - a part of the Internet, or in district or school
promotional pieces.
If for some reason you object to the release of the
above-referenced information, please indicate below in the appropriate space. If you do not complete and return this form
to your child's school within 15 days, you understand that we will be free to release or use information on your
child as appropriate.
If you have any questions about this
form, please call Dr. Dawn Busa, assistant
superintendent for administration and personnel, at
(864) 369-7364.
Release of student directory information - Please check ONLY
ONE.
·
We, the parent(s)/legal
guardian(s) and student or I, the student (age 18 years of age or older),
hereby GRANT PERMISSION to Anderson County School District Two TO RELEASE ALL
DIRECTORY INFORMATION, as related to schooUdistrict-sponsored
events, activities and special recognitions (listed above).
·
We, the parent(s)/legal guardian(s)
and student or I, the student (age 18 years of age or older), hereby GRANT PERMISSION to Anderson County School District Two TO RELEASE
ALL DIRECTORY INFORMATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS,
of the student, as related to school/district-sponsored events, activities and special recognitions (listed above).
·
We, the parent(s)/legal guardian(s)
and student or I, the student (age 18 years of age or older), hereby ask that Anderson County School District Two NOT RELEASE ANY DIRECTORY
INFORMATION as related to school/district-sponsored events,
activities and special recognitions (listed above).
·
We, the parent(s)/guardian(s) and
student or I, the student (if 18 years of age or older), hereby ask that
Anderson County School District Two NOT RELEASE ANY DIRECTORY INFORMATION as related to
school/district-sponsored events, activities and special recognitions EXCEPT
FOR USE IN THE SCHOOL ANNUAL (listed above).
Date notice given to student School name Principal
Student's full name (print) Parent/Legal
Guardian's full name (print)
Student's home telephone number Parent/Legal
Guardian's or student's signature (if student
is 18 years or older)
Mailing
address Date parent/legal guardian/student signed
City State Zip
We, the parent/legal guardian(s) and student or I, the
student (if 18 years of age or older), understand that we ?nay
revoke this authorization at any time except when action has already been
taken. We further understand this revocation must he in writing and must
specify the date of revocation.
Anderson County School
District No. 2
Policy
EMPLOYEE E-MAIL AND
VOICE MAIL MONITORING
Purpose: To establish the basic
structure for monitoring use of e-mail and voice mail by staff.
Anderson County School District will monitor e-mail and voice mail
messages and may disclose the content of e-mail and voice mail
messages, even after they have been deleted, when, in the district's sole
discretion, there is a business need to do so. Employees should not expect that
e-mail or voice mail messages, even those marked as
personal or accessed by a personal ID, are private or confidential.
E-mail and voice
mail should be used only for business purposes. Occasional personal use is permitted, but the district reserves the right to monitor
personal use to the same
extent that it monitors business
use.
The district's
communication systems should not be used to set up or run a personal business; transmit offensive,
derogatory, obscene or illegal materials; or download such material from the Internet. Violation of this rule is
grounds for termination.
Employees should
exercise the same restraint and caution in drafting and transmitting e-mail messages as when writing a formal
memorandum on district or school letterhead. Users should assume that messages will be saved and reviewed
by someone other than the original addressee.
Employees should not communicate
confidential information via e-mail. Use by employees of the district's communication systems constitutes consent to
monitoring.
Employees will
delete all e-mail messages from their accounts prior to the end of the day on the last Friday of each month, except for those
messages which require a response. E-mail messages that require a response should be saved under the "saved" function
prior to the deletion of messages. Any e-mail messages which employees would like to
save for future reference should be printed and saved as a
hard copy rather than on the district's e-mail system. In order to ensure that
messages are permanently deleted from
each account, employees should also utilize the appropriate function on their computers on the last Friday of each month.
Continued use of the system is
conditioned on acceptance of and strict adherence to the district's policy. Failure to adhere to the policy's requirements may
result in discipline or dismissal.
Enforcement guidelines
The district
implementation announcement will be sent to all employees. The
principal/supervisor of each school/site will be charged with monitoring
responsibilities to ensure that
monitoring is consistent and
carried out according to guidelines. The director of technology is authorized to approve minor departures
from the monitoring policy with the approval of the superintendent.
The district will also provide training
to each of its employees regarding the proper deletion of messages from e-mail accounts.
Adopted 5/13/02