This policy is written and maintained by the system administrator and the
administration of Pittsburg Unified School District #250. If you have any
comments regarding it, please mail them to ngrotheer@usd250.org

Unauthorized usage of the district's computing systems may involve not
only transgression of district policy, but also a violation of state and
federal laws. Unauthorized use is a crime and may involve criminal and
civil penalties; it will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

The system administrator reserves the right to disable any account, at
anytime, in the event of a real or perceived infraction.

GENERAL USAGE:

1) No account holder on this system shall operate in any fashion as to
impede the use of said system by ANY other user, regardless of class or
group membership.

2) If any user finds another user of the system to be in violation, or
suspicion of violation of any rules or policies, the finding user is to
notify the system administrator immediately, and WILL NOT attempt to
police this system on his/her own.

3) The sharing of accounts with friends or relatives is strictly prohibited
without prior permission from the system administrator.

4) The running of ANY software that was not installed by the system
administrator or his agents is prohibited without prior consent of the
system administrator.

5) Copying any portion of the BSDI BSD/OS operating system or its
components is an illegal act of Copyright Infringement.

6) Adult material is strictly prohibited.

7) Users are responsible for all activities associated with their
accounts. If a user releases their password to a third party who violates
system policy, the owner of the account WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.

8) Use of this system is a privilege, not a right. Severe misuse, or
repeated infractions will result in a temporary or permanent loss of use.

USER RIGHTS:

In the event that an infraction is discovered or reported, the offending
user will be promptly notified and given a chance to discuss the action
with the system administrator and district administration depending on
the severity of the infraction.

The account of the offending user may be temporarily disabled pending
investigation, but no data that is not in disagreement with district
policy will be destroyed.

Faculty and Staff email is considered to be private information. Only under
the most severe of circumstances will user email be read. Every user has
the right to the privacy of their mail, in the unlikely event that mail
must be read, the system administrator will read the mail IN THE
PRESENCE of the owner, AND the District Technology Coordinator.

DISK USAGE:

All accounts have a filesystem quota of 2MB. This limit may be exceeded
to to limit of 4MB for a short period of time for downloading, but any
data that is in excess of the 2MB limit is subject to being erased. If
you are in need of more memory, contact the system administrator. Quotas
may be increased temporarily and for special purposes.

Users are expected to actively insure that their activities to not
unnecessarily load the filesystems. This includes unsubscribing to mailing
lists when done with them, or when the user expects to not use the system
for an extended period of time. Users should not store excessive amounts
of email on the host machine.

LOGS AND MONITORING:

This system creates logs of most user activity. These logs can be used as
evidence of unauthorized usage. The system administrator may also monitor
the input from any terminal, at any time in the event of suspected
unauthorized use, or use that is not consistent with district or system
policy. The system administrator is sworn to secrecy in the event that
private information that is not in violation of policy is monitored.

Last Update: July 28, 2008