Acceptable Use Policy

Responsibilities

Students Will:

• Learn the SMCPS procedures for ethical, responsible, courteous, and legal use of computer systems.
• Let a staff member know if inappropriate material is found online.
• Access only those network resources which align with an instructional activity.
• Agree never to meet with anyone with whom they have met while using the Internet without asking for permission from parents.
• Take precautions to protect school computer systems from damage and/or theft.
• Be responsible for transporting their SMCPS issued device and charger to and from school each day.
• Be held liable for any damages that occur as a result of misuse of their SMCPS Issued devices, vandalism, or loss of SMCPS issued devices.

Students Shall Not:

• Reveal personally identifiable information except in specific circumstances where prior written consent has been given.
• Intentionally seek information (i.e. passwords, files, settings) about other users, or misrepresent other users on the network.
• Destroy, modify, or abuse hardware and software in any way.
• Use the network to develop programs that harass other users, or to infiltrate a computer or computer system is prohibited. Hate mail, harassment, discriminatory remarks, and other antisocial behaviors are prohibited.
• Install illegal copies of copyrighted software on school computers.
• Use the network to access obscene or pornographic material is prohibited.
• Create, access, download, store, or print files, messages, or images that are abusive, harassing, libelous, obscene, offensive, profane, pornographic, depict gang affiliation, threatening, sexually explicit, or illegal material or that violate the SMCPS Code of Student Conduct and/or any SMCPS policy.
• Access online games without prior permission of a staff member.
• Circumvent and/or disable content filtering or other computer system protection measures.

Student Device Accountability

Students Will:

• Be responsible for transporting their SMCPS issued device and charger to and from school each day. 
• Be held liable for any damages that occur as a result of: misuse of their SMCPS issued devices, vandalism, or loss of SMCPS issued devices.
• Take precautions to protect school computers  from damage and/or theft. 
• Review the costs associated with laptop damage and loss.
• Any intentional damage will have a disciplinary consequence as noted in our SMCPS Student Code of Conduct.