All students have signed the Salamanca City School District's AUP Policy
known as the "Computer User's Code of Ethics."
Prohibitions: In terms that students should understand: What you can't do
on the school computer system and the school computers.
1. Giving out your password or knowing an individual's password
and using it or providing it to another student.
2. Using the school's computers to obtain, view, download, send, print,
display, or otherwise gain access to or send information that is
considered unlawful, obscene, pornographic or abusive. (You pretty much
should know that if a teacher saw you on a site with any of this stuff,
you would be asked to get off of it immediately!)
3. Use of obscene or vulgar language.(Swearing, sexual, disgusting)
4. You should not be doing anything on the computer that would be
harrassing, insulting, bullying, threatening or attacking others.
5. You must not damage, disable, or otherwise interfere with the operation
computers, computer systems, software or related equipment through
physical action or by electronic means. (DO NOT TOUCH ANY CORDS! DO NOT
TURN OFF ANOTHER PERSON'S COMPUTER! DO NOT PLUG IN ANY OF YOUR OWN
EQUIPMENT!)
6. Use unauthorized software. (You can't bring in your own computer
programs from home to use here at school.)
7. You cannot change, copy, rename, delete, read or otherwise access files
or software not created by you without express permission from the
computer coordinator. (You must use it as you see it. The computer
coordinator would be the person who put the file or software program
together, ex. your teacher.)
8. Violate copyright law. (Stealing and using another author's work and
putting your name on it)
9. You cannot use the school district computer system for personal or
commercial purposes, product advertisement or politically lobbying that
is not school related. Example: I can't sell homemade crafts on this
web page or ask for people to vote for me in the next election in my
town.
10. You cannot transmit (send) material, information or software in
violation of any District policy or regulation, the school behavior
code, and/or federal, state, and local law or regulation. (This would be
really, really bad. People go to jail for this stuff.)
11. The use of digital devices and electronic technology and media to
facilitate cheating, plagiarism, etc...(Cheating, is cheating, is
cheating.)
Sanctions/Consequences for not following the rules and using the school
district computers irresponsibly.
1. Vilolations may result in suspension and/or revocation of student access to
the district computer system as determined in accordance with appropriate
due process procedures. (You can loose your computer privileges for a
specific number of days or have your computer priveledges taken away all
together.)
2. Additional disciplinary action may be determined at the building level in
accordance with existing practices and procedures regarding inappropriate
language or behavior, as well as federal, state and local law.
3. When applicable, law enforcement agencies may be involved.
