7540.01B - AT-HOME ACCESS TO DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY

Whitmore Lake Public Schools

Administrative Guidelines

7540.01B - AT-HOME ACCESS TO DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY

The Board will allow staff members to access Board technology and the Internet through the use of home computers in accordance with the following guidelines:

	A.	The amount of access time the Board will allow is unlimited for staff and limited for students.
	B.	The Board will not provide help-desk support.
	C.	Access is available at no charge.
	D.	The Board will not be responsible for:

		1.	any content that a home-user may access through the Internet;
		2.	any virus that a home-user may obtain while accessing the Internet through Board technology;
		3.	any copyright violations that may be incurred while accessing the Internet through Board technology;
		4.	loss of or damage to any equipment of the home-user.

	E.	The Board will not allow a home-user to establish personal E-mail accounts through Board technology.
	F.	The Technology Director is responsible for creating a Network and Internet Acceptable Use and Safety Agreement Form which clearly states that when a person uses Board technology to create a web site or page which is hosted on Board servers, s/he acknowledges that the Board is entitled to any and all proprietary rights related to said web site and/or pages.