INTERNET
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
(Abridged Version)

Internet access is now available to students and teachers at Cleveland High School. We are very pleased to provide this access, and believe the Internet offers vast, diverse and unique resources to both students and teachers. Our goal in providing this service to teachers and students is to promote educational excellence in schools by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and communication.

With access to computers and people all over the world also comes the availability of material that may not be considered to be of educational value in the context of the school setting. On a global network it is impossible to control all materials and an industrious user may discover controversial information.

Students are expected to read and comply with the Portland Public Schools' Acceptable Use Regulation. (The full text of the document can be found on the Portland Public Schools Web Page (http://www.pps.k12.or.us/techhelp/aur/AUR.pdf). The use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use may result in cancellation of the privilege.

There are responsibilities that accompany the use of the Internet. Failure to observe these responsibilities may revoke a student's privilege to use the Internet.

Student Responsibilities

Users will not post personal contact information about themselves or other people. Personal contact information includes address, telephone, home address, work address, photographs, etc.

Users will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system throughout the District network or go beyond their authorized access. This includes attempting to log in through another person's account or accessing another person's files.

Under no conditions should a user provide his or her password to another person. Users must not possess or use software or hardware tools specifically designed to break security mechanisms.

Each user is representing his or her school and should display exemplary behavior when using the network. Examples of inappropriate conduct include: impersonation or inappropriate anonymous activity; obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening or disrespectful language; prejudicial or discriminatory attacks; harassment; false or defamatory information about a person or organization.

Users will not post personal contact information about other people, including address, telephone, home address, work address, etc.

Users will use the network only for education and professional or career development activities. Games, puzzles, large program downloads, music videos, chain letters and "spamming" (annoying or unnecessary message sent to a large number of people) and other activities that are not directly linked to school curriculum should be avoided on school networks.

Users will not plagiarize works they find on the Internet. Users will respect the rights of copyright owners.

Users will not use the District network to access material that is profane or obscene (pornography), that advocates illegal acts, or that advocates violence or discrimination towards other people (hate literature).