The purpose of the BFA web site is to provide for our students, the parents of our students, and the local community

§         information about our school,

§         educational materials,

§         links to educational materials and sites, and

§         the display of student work

 

Publishing rights to the BFA web site will be available to all teachers and all sanctioned school groups. All authorized persons may publish web pages using the templates provided by the web master. Any teacher or group wishing to publish course materials or student work in a format other than what the templates will allow may create web pages of their own design as long as the technical guidelines listed at the end of this document are followed.

All subject matter on web pages should relate to curriculum, instruction, school-authorized activities, or general information relating to the school district or the Vermont Department of Education. Staff or student work may be published only as it relates to a class project, course, or school-related activity. Written permission must be obtained from the student of any material before being published. If the author is a student under the age of eighteen, the student’s parent/guardian must give written permission allowing their child’s material to be published. No copyrighted material may be used.

 

The school principals and/or their designee are responsible for web page approval. Each school principal and/or his/her designee may deny content publication requests or request that material already published be removed.

 

Web pages may be removed if their content becomes stale or is determined to violate policy or guidelines.

 

Personal information may not be published. Personal information is defined as any data that violates a child’s or staff member’s right to privacy or that may endanger their safety. Personal information is considered to be such information as address, phone number, neighborhood, personal email address, school services received (504, SLP, IEP, etc.) or information regarding relatives, parents, etc. School email addresses and telephone extensions of staff are not considered private.

§         All district policies including the photo policy will be adhered to. School Board policies may be obtained in the main office at school.

- Pertinent sections of the photo policy:

B. Publishing Student Photos or Student Work on the BFA Web Site

1.      Any photos of students published on the website will be in groups of three or more with no published names.

2.      Contact person(s) for projects will be teachers and not students.

3.      Student work may be published on the web site with written permission from the student and parent, with first name only as identification information.

4.      Personal web pages will not be published from school.

C. Publishing Video Footage of Students

1.      Written permission and copyright release from the parents will be obtained before publishing video footage of educational activities in which students are featured prominently (speaking to camera.)

§         Student photos may be published from school-approved publications when prior permission has been given.

§         Staff photos may be published with written permission only.

 

All published web pages, documents, and images must conform to BFA School Board policies and guidelines as well as administrative, supervisory union, state, and federal policies and guidelines.

 

§         All pages must follow copyright guidelines such as those found at http://www.loc.gov/copyright and http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ . This would include, but not be limited to copying another’s images, text, and/or ideas.

§         All pages must follow all applicable policies regarding student confidentiality.

§         All pages must be updated regularly to keep content current and accurate.

§         Staff or student personal pages are not allowed.

§         Advertising is prohibited.

 

§         Content is the most important element in design.

§         Text color and background are chosen for readability.

§         A navigation bar is on each page. It should include a link back to the BFA home page.

§         A title is put on each page. The title should match the name on the navigation bar.

§         Titles accurately identify the content.

§         Page format is consistent from page to page including layout, fonts, and colors.

§         Page file size, including images, must remain within reasonable limits.

§         Site size must remain within reasonable limits.

§         File names do not include spaces or punctuation.

§         Avoid the use of unnecessary special effects such as blinking text, animated gifs, sounds, and video.

§         Avoid graphics that do not add content, but are merely decoration.

§         Design for a 15 inch monitor using 800 x 600 resolution or design for multiple resolutions.

§         Do not use “Under Construction” signs.