User accounts are therefore the property of the School District. The system administrator has the right to access user accounts to uphold this policy and maintain the system. The district reserves the right to remove a user account from the network to prevent unauthorized or illegal usage. The South Middleton School District computer network includes all local area networking and wide area networking within the school community as well as all online and direct-wired networking such as Internet to which the school network may be linked. Students and staff of the SMSD must practice responsible computing.
Responsible computer encompasses the ethical use of the computer as a tool.
SMSD computers and networks will not be used to write, develop, modify or otherwise introduce malicious mobile code such as viruses, trojans or worms. They will not be used to access underground or hacker sites and will not be employed as tools to eavesdrop, break into or monitor SMSD owned networks or computers owned by any one anywhere. They will not be used to transmit underground information, decipher passwords and codes or share information that can help others to perform illegal activities. Students or staff who engage in such activities will come under standard disciplinary measures. As stated above, use of the SMSD computer network is to be limited to legitimate academic purposes.