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Highland Park Independent School District 7015 Westchester Drive Dallas, Tx. 750205   The Highland Park Independent School District offers a wide variety of technological resources to students and staff for the purpose of achieving its educational mission. The objectives of these guidelines are to provide parameters for all District personnel to follow when managing the content of their designated web pages and should be their primary reference to remain in compliance with Board and District policy. These guidelines apply to all of the following: the District web site, department web sites, campus web sites, teacher web sites, campus activity web sites, and any and all sites hosted by the District server. All information contained on the web sites will be managed by Schoolwires, the District's content management system. If a site is found to be out of compliance with these policies, the site will be removed and the responsible personnel will no longer have rights to maintain a District-hosted web site. ** __ Privacy Regulations __ ** All District personnel MUST abide by the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) guidlines regarding the posting of student photos, student names, student work, student information, as well as all other guidelines that fall under FERPA. Parents give consent for their child's information to be used by completing the Student Disclosure statement which is access during the registration process. It is the responsibility of the campus personnel to ensure disclosures have been verified prior to posting student infromation on the web site. More information regarding FERPA can be found by visiting [|www. ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpoc/ferpa/index.html.] ** __ Maintenance of Website Content __ ** The web site is managed by the Communications/Public Relation Office; however, it takes all HPISD personnel to maintain the accuracy and relevance of the web site. When viewing the web site, personnel should make note of any inaccuracies or untimely information. When possible, the personnel should correct the information or notify the webmaster of the inaccuracy or irrelevant information.
 * Guidlines **
 * __ General Requirements __ **
 * Staff must have read and agreed to abide by the established [|HPISD User Acceptance Policy].
 * Pages that contain time sensitive infromation, such as calendars, school events, and staff infromation msut be updated, at a minimum, monthly to ensure current, accurate infromation.
 * Web pages must be checked regularly to ensure that external links work, and all internal links must be verifired prior to posting.
 * All pages must have a title.
 * For pages developed by staff and students:
 * Each page must, at minimum, contain a link back to the previous level in the campus' web site and a link to the site's main navigational page.
 * Standard pages on the campus web sites must utilize the provided campus template which inclused standard navigation across the top and on the left hand side of the page.
 * Sound clips (including songs) must be limited to 30 seconds in length per song to avoid copyright infringement.
 * Curriculum-based educational links must be approved by the campus principal and the appropriate curriculum department personnel.
 * All blogs, nings, and wiki's sites must have the approval of the campus principal.
 * All Web 2.0 application must be curriculum based and used as a means of facilitating instruction.
 * Students may use district approved Web 2.0 application if they have a current parent permission/consent to use it per the District disclosure form (FERPA)
 * No other personal information about a studnent is allowed, such as email address, physical/home address, or phone number.