ACCEPTABLE USE OF ELECTRONIC FACILITIES AND
TELECOMMUNICATION
The Ardsley School District is committed to the
goal of having electronic network facilities used in a responsible, efficient
and legal manner. Students are expected to abide by these generally accepted
rules of usage. They include (but are not limited) to the following:
1) All
use of telecommunications must be in support of education and research and be
consistent with the educational purposes of Ardsley High School.
2) Any
use of the network for commercial or profit purposes, product advertisement or
any unrelated school purpose is prohibited. The district shall not be
responsible for any financial obligation arising from the unauthorized use of
the network for purchasing any commercial products.
3) Users
shall not tamper with, vandalize, read, modify, edit, delete or otherwise
engage in unauthorized use of other user's computer files, including but not
limited to electronic mail. Users shall not re-post personal communications
without the original author's consent. Users shall not misrepresent themselves
or other users on the network.
4) Users
shall not send, download or copy communications, files, information or
materials that contain defamatory, hate-promoting, anti-social, abusive,
threatening, pornographic, violence promoting, age-inappropriate, profane,
obscene, or otherwise offensive language.
5) Use
of the network to intentionally download files dangerous to the integrity of
the LAN is prohibited.
6) Users
shall not use the network for any activity or purpose that would violate any
Board policy and/or rule or regulation, including, but not limited to, the
District's code of conduct or violate any state or federal laws and/or
regulations.
Student
users who violate these rules and regulations may have their Internet use
privileges suspended or revoked and may be subject to appropriate school
disciplinary action consistent with the Code of Conduct and state and federal
laws and regulations. Any user who is suspected to have engaged in an illegal
activity while using the network may be referred to the appropriate legal
authorities.