Unacceptable Use

The following actions shall constitute unacceptable use of the school network. This list is not exhaustive, but is included to provide a frame of reference for types of activities that are deemed unacceptable. The student may not use the school network and/or systems to:

  • Engage in activity that is illegal under local, state, federal, or international law.
  • Engage in any activities that may cause embarrassment, loss of reputation, or other harm to the school.
  • Disseminate defamatory, discriminatory, vilifying, sexist, racist, abusive, rude, annoying, insulting, threatening, obscene or otherwise inappropriate messages or media.
  • Engage in activities that cause an invasion of privacy.
  • Engage in activities that cause disruption in the classroom or create a hostile learning environment.
  • Make fraudulent offers for products or services.
  • Perform any of the following: port scanning, security scanning, network sniffing, keystroke logging, or other IT information gathering techniques.
  • Install or distribute unlicensed or "pirated" software.
  • Reveal personal or network passwords to others.