Any student who accesses inappropriate material (as identified in this policy) on the Internet, receives harassing, threatening, or inappropriate materials via email or on the Internet must immediately report the concern to the teacher who is supervising the activity or to a school administrator so that the situation can be investigated and addressed appropriately. Students may also anonymously report incidents using the online reporting form.

Students may also use the anonymous form to report incidents of concern which the student is not comfortable with or unable to report directly to a teacher or administrator.

Anonymous Reporting Form - for students’ use - use URL or scan QR Code

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13BtTwy16GPL7YNMvaJOMSSRqDKxawKaUWjQ2NLeh4Mw/viewform?edit_requested=true

STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS...
● Guard your password--You are responsible for any activity done on the School's systems under your password;
● Guard your and your parents’ personal information;
● Adhere to laws regarding copyright;
● Ensure that your online activities do not violate a School policy regarding cyberbullying or other similar policies pertaining to how students interact with each other;
● Understand that If you post or say something online that makes another student uncomfortable, your activity may result in an investigation and possible discipline.

FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER...
● Give out personal information (address, telephone number, name of School, address of School, date of birth, Social Security Number, credit card number, etc.);
● Plagiarize, reproduce teacher-made tests, textbooks, teaching materials, and non-authored text, or cheat or steal others’ ideas;
● Access or distribute offensive, obscene, inflammatory, or pornographic material.
● Meet with someone that they have contacted online without prior parental approval;

FOR OTHERS’ SAFETY, STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER...
● Access the accounts and files of others;
● Obtain another's password or rights to another's directory or e-mail on the network--this is considered theft;
● Take advantage of a student who inadvertently leaves a computer without logging out;
● Use someone else's password or posting a message using another's login name--this is a form of dishonesty, just as is plagiarism or lying;
● Threaten, bully, or harass other students or staff.

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR NETWORK AND EQUIPMENT, STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER...
● Abuse, tamper with, or willfully damage any computer equipment;
● Use the computer for other than appropriate schoolwork;
● Bring food or drink near any computer;
● Attempt to impair the network, bypass restrictions set by the network administrator, Use the network for any illegal activity, private business purposes, or access inappropriate Internet sites;
● Download files to the school's local or network hard drives;
● Intentionally spread computer viruses, vandalize data, infiltrate systems, or degrade/disrupt computer and/or network performance;

FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR SCHOOL, STUDENTS SHOULD NEVER...
● Be "friends" on social networking, gaming, or other meet-up and communication platforms with any faculty member or other adult member of our community (other than the Student's parent);
● Make disparaging or negative comments about the School, administration, or faculty members in a manner that is disruptive to the School's educational mission or activities;
● Use the School's name, logo, trademark, or service mark in online activities;
● Post photographs of the School, its locations, activities, students, parents, or employee-related activities online or create websites or social networking profiles to rate teachers, discuss aspects of the School or otherwise disclose information online that the School would find offensive or inappropriate if posted in the School's newspaper.

WHEN USING EMAIL, STUDENTS SHOULD ...
● Use email as a convenient form of communication and a relationship-building tool;
● Use respectful and appropriate public language;
● Write content and use language you would be willing to share from the podium at a school meeting;
● Be aware that deleted emails can be undeleted;
● Understand that the School reserves the right to randomly check email

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Florida Department of Education Bullying Prevention Guidance 

https://www.fldoe.org/safe-schools/bullying-prevention.stml

 

Florida Statute 1006.147 -Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up for All Students Act 

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=1000-1099%2F1006%2FSections%2F1006.147.html

 

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Safety 

https://www.sarasotasheriff.org/programs_and_amp_services/crime_prevention/cyber_safety.php

 

Centers for Disease Control Youth Violence Prevention: Bullying 

https://www.cdc.gov/youth-violence/about/about-bullying.html

 

StopBullying.Gov 

https://www.stopbullying.gov/

 

American Bar Association Bullyproof Resources for Parents 

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/projects/bullyproof/parent-resources/

HARASSMENT AND BULLYING, INCLUDING CYBERBULLYING:

The School will investigate and take action against all allegations of harassment and/or bullying of or by our students or employees. 

Harassment includes, but is not limited to, slurs, jokes, comments, teasing, and other offensive conduct relating to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, or disability. Harassment also includes any unwanted, offensive sexual conduct. Willfully excluding or purposefully isolating another student may constitute either harassment or bullying based on the degree or severity of the behavior. The determination of harassment or bullying will be made by the School administration. 

Bullying includes but is not limited to, physical or verbal aggression (hitting, kicking, taunting, teasing, threatening, ridiculing, etc.), relational aggression (harming or threatening to harm relationships or acceptance, friendship, or group inclusion), emotional aggression (teasing, threatening, intimidating others). Bullying or harassment can occur through any type of communication method, including face-to-face communications, phone, text, email, postings on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc.), camera phones, or other forms of technology. Communication can be direct or indirect, such as through friends or others. Any offensive conduct, whether on or off campus or at a school-related event, can create an uncomfortable School environment.

VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY WILL SUBJECT THE HARASSER/BULLY TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION, UP TO AND INCLUDING IMMEDIATE DISCHARGE OR EXPULSION FROM SCHOOL. 

 

For reference, Community Day School utilizes the definition of Cyberbullying contained within Florida Statutes.

Florida Statute: “Bullying includes cyberbullying and means systematically and  chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students and may involve teasing, social exclusion, threat, intimidation, stalking, physical violence, theft, sexual, religious, or racial harassment, public or private humiliation or destruction of property.” F.S. 1006.147

Cyberbullying means bullying through the use of technology or any electronic communication which include, but is not limited to, any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic system, photoelectronic system, or photo-optical system, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, internet communications, instant messages, or facsimile communications.”  Also includes assuming the identity of someone else in a created webpage AND distributing any communication that meets the definition of bullying.