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Communications which include the use of profanities, obscene language, lewd comments, or
pornography;
Communications that are harassing, intimidating, or bullying;
Communications requesting or trying to establish a personal relationship with a student
beyond the teaching staff member’s professional responsibilities;
Communications related to personal or confidential information regarding another school
staff member or student; and
Communications between the teaching staff member and a student that the Commissioner
of Education or an arbitrator would determine to be inappropriate in determining the
teaching staff member is unfit to discharge the duties and functions of their position.
The following acceptable protocols for all electronic communications between a teaching staff member and a student
shall be followed:
1.
E-Mail Electronic Communications Between a Teaching Staff Member and a Student
a.
All e-mails between a teaching staff member and a student must be sent or received through
district’s e-mail system. The content of all emails between a teaching staff member and a
student shall be limited to the staff member’s professional responsibilities regarding the
student.
b.
A teaching staff member shall not provide their personal e-mail address to any student. If a
student sends an e-mail to a teaching staff member’s personal e-mail address, the staff member
shall respond to the e-mail through the school district e-mail system and inform the student
his/her personal e-mail address shall not be used for any electronic communication between the
teaching staff member and the student.
c.
A teaching staff member’s school district e-mail account is subject to review by authorized
school district officials. Therefore, a teaching staff member shall have no expectation of
privacy on the school district’s email system.
2. Cellular Telephone Electronic Communications Between a Teaching Staff Member and a Student
a.
Communications between a teaching staff member and a student via a personal cellular telephone
shall be prohibited.
(1) However, a teaching staff member may, with prior approval of the Principal or designee, communicate
with a student using their personal cellul