Acceptable Use Guidelines for Computers, Networks, and Information Systems Technologies
The school district is providing access for staff, students and parents to computers and electronic information services such as ESD Family Access, FIRN, the Internet, electronic email, and calendar. These services provide:

- Access to specific authorized student data including attendance, assignments and grades,
- District electronic mail (Outlook) with the ability to communicate within the district,
- Global electronic mail (email) with the ability to communicate with people all over the world,
- Information and news from many sources,
- Public domain and shareware software of all types,
- Discussion groups on a wide variety of topics, and
- Access to many college and university libraries, and the Library of Congress. The benefits for staff and students to such information access are obvious, but there are potential problems. These concerns include:
- Utilizing email privileges for any personal or non-professional purposes including to harm the reputation of another person;
- Utilizing network resources to acquire material not considered to have educational value; Using network resources for destructive purposes. The district will continue to grant access to appropriate material. However, on a global network it is impossible to control all access. The district believes that the valuable information available on the worldwide network far outweighs the potential problems. It is the expectation that all users of this communication system demonstrate common politeness and courtesy. The School Board of Sarasota County has established the following guidelines. If any user violates any of these provisions, his or her access to electronic information services will be terminated. Willful violations will lead to disciplinary action, and if a criminal offense is committed, the user will be prosecuted per Florida Statute 815.04.