District Policies


Auburn School District #10 requires each parent, student, teacher, and administrator to read and sign an "Acceptable Use Policy" before using the internet in the school buildings. Our policy is much like others I've seen from other districts.  In fact it looks as if it may be a poor copy from another district.  It contains issues like: privileges, network etiquette, identification, security, vandalism and telephone charges. 

Written and unwritten rules and some strongly urged suggestions for teachers concerning internet use at the elementary level:

  1. students must be carefully monitored by a teacher while online
  1. students are not to stray from the curriculum by clicking on advertisements
  1. students are not to use chats unless teachers have set them up
  1. students are not to use email unless it is part of the lesson
  1. students should use only "child safe search engines"
  1. students names and pictures are not to be put on the web
Jr. High & High Schools

Students are not allowed online without teacher supervision. Students are allowed to use any web search engine but are monitored closely.  Three internet agreements were pulled in the 1999-2000 school year for misuse.  Two students were using unauthorized chats and one was visiting a pornography site.  
 


Auburn's policies create a very safe internet environment for the students. It is through very structured use that students experience the internet. It does, however, limit the student's:
access to information; problem solving strategies involving web searches; knowledge of how to effectively use the internet.  Students are not allowed on the teacher computers in the classrooms without permission.  
 


Miscellaneous Information

Printers were put into each of the elementary classrooms.  The use of ink cartridges is monitored and supplied by the lab instructor.  Software programs are located in the lab and must be checked out for use in the classroom.  A list of this software needs to be posted or copied for each teacher's use.  Most teachers in our building do not know what programs are available to them. 

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