Although this represents a significant opportunity, there are important responsibilities that must be shared among students, parents, and staff. Most of the policy set forth in this document deals with providing a positive and wholesome experience for all students. As a result, this policy involves rules for the protection of District property and assets and adherence to local, state, and federal law. The South Middleton School District reserves the right to log network use and to monitor fileserver space utilization by district users while respecting the privacy of both district users and outside users. It is often necessary to access user accounts in order to perform routine maintenance and security tasks.
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.