Dear Parent/Guardian/Student:
The Bulloch County Board of Education recognizes that as telecommunication and other new technology change the way that information may be accessed, communicated and transferred by members of society, those changes may also alter insturction and student learning. The Board generally supports access by students to rich information resources along with the development by staff of appropriate skills to analyze and evaluate such resources.
The Bulloch Count Board of Education makes avaliable to its students and employees a wide variety of media resources, including electronic media such as the Internet. Electronic information research skills are now fundamental to preparation of citizens and future imployees during an Age of Information. The Board expects employees will blen thoughtful use of such information throughout the curriculum and that employees will provide guidance and instruction to students in the appropriate use of such resources.
Access to telecommunications will enable students to explore thousands of libraires, databases and bulletin boards while exchanging messages with people throughout the world. The Board believes that the benefits to stuents from access in the form of information resources and opportunitites for collaboration exceed the disadvantages. Please read the attached "Student Internet Appropriate Use Reguations and Administrative Procedures: and this form. "Parent/Guardian/Student Agreement for Student Internet Access". You and your child's signatures are required to indicate you have read the previously mentioned documents to which you are bound and by which your actions are governed if your child accesses the Internet at any time and under any circumstances as a student of the Bulloch County School System.
If you have questions about this policy and these procedures, you may wish to speak to your Principal, Media Specialist, and/or Technology Coordinator.
Thank you for your cooperation and contribution to Bulloch County Schools.
