We here at Emmetsburg are very strict. Since we have enforced this new policy we haven't had as many kids misusing the computer. Our policy starts with the first offense being 6 weeks no computers. By that we mean no computer at all, even if they are currently enrolled into a computer class they will still have no computer usage. The students are told that they will have to just do their homework at home. When a class goes into use the computer from lets our U.S. History class the student will still get no computer privileges. The second offense is then bumped up to 9 weeks or a whole quarters worth of no computers. After that their third offense is 365 days from the time they lose it. We consider anything misusage also. For instance if they do try to get past the filter, plays online games, games on windows, chatting and that is about it. We do allow personal email because the kids do college classes online. I guess we have never had a student hack into A.D. or look at teachers files before so if that comes up the punishment may be a little stricter. If you have any more questions feel free to ask but I got all the info I can get to you.
Mitch Mueller Emmetsburg Schools Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Walz Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:56 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] computer misuse policies. For those of you that have policies in place for students misusing the computers, could you please send them to me? I have a few students that are giving me headaches and I would like to give the administrators as many examples as I can. By misuse I mean trying to hack into Active Directory, get into teacher's files, bypass the web filter, stuff like that. I'd like to know what all is considered misuse in your districts and what the consequences are.
