General
The Lexington County School District One Web site is owned and operated by Lexington County School District One. It contains materials that are protected by international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Unless otherwise specified, the Service is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only.

You may not modify, copy, reproduce, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material, including code and software, from our site unless it is for your personal, noncommercial use only provided you keep intact all copyright and proprietary notices. By accessing our Web site, you agree to use the contents of our site for personal or informational purposes only.

Links to Other Web Sites
Some Lexington County School District One Web pages have links to other Web sites.

These external Web addresses contain information created, published, maintained or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of Lexington One. Lexington One does not endorse, approve, certify or control these external Web addresses and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of information located at such addresses.

Use of any information obtained  from such addresses is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review of its accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, manufacturers or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation or favoring by Lexington One.

Using the Internet Appropriately
Lexington County School District One has made (and continues to make) a significant investment in bringing the power of the Internet to every student in the district.

Most computers in classrooms, labs or workspaces are connected to the Internet. We want to ensure that students and staff use our Internet resources efficiently and appropriately.

The district provides students, staff and any other users access to the district’s technologies. However, this use is a privilege and is not intended to be a public forum.

The district cooperates fully with local, state and federal authorities in any investigation concerning or related to any illegal activities or activities not in compliance with district policy.

Every user must read the district’s Technology Resources Policy and  sign an Internet Use Agreement form each school year before they will be allowed to use the district’s system. This form is kept at the school or other office.

Web Filtering
As a final line of defense against inappropriate material reaching students via the Internet, the district filters web access by all students and staff.

This filter blocks access to web pages that are on a list of objectionable or inappropriate sites.

Individuals who try to access such a site will get an error message, but the request will be logged by time and by computer from which the request was made. This information may be used to track down repeated requests for inappropriate material if a pattern of inappropriate use is evident.

Our filter does not look at e-mail messages or at files that are downloaded directly to a computer. Students could still receive (or send) inappropriate e-mail messages or attachments to e-mail. Additionally, we are not able to filter the content of Internet search results. If a student conducts an Internet search, they may in some cases find that the returned results contain inappropriate language or references. They will not be able to access the actual web pages, however.

In general, we want to allow the broadest amount of access to the Internet consistent with what is appropriate for an educational system. Students have a legitimate interest in finding out about our society and our world, and an overzealous blocking system can prevent that in some cases.

For example, a student may be researching drug abuse. We hope to provide as much access as possible to relevant sites for that student, while at the same time blocking access to sites that promote recreational drug use. Similarly, students doing research on human reproduction should not be denied access to factual material, but we still need to block access to pornographic sites that may be returned as a result of an Internet search.

Links
Here are some sources of additional information on Internet safety issues: