Acquired Hardware Connectivity

The district strictly prohibits the use or connection of personally acquired, purchased, or donated hardware (e.g., computers, tablets, printers, wireless devices, Amazon Alexa/Echo, smart televisions, etc.) to the district's data network.  Donations acquired with an approved implementation plan through the office of Grants & Funded Programs approved by the Director of Technology will be permitted after Board of Education approval and formal acceptance of the donation. 

Exception: Faculty and staff may use personal laptops, tablets, iPads or smartphones on the district's WIFI for school business or educational purposes.

Please refer to the following excerpt from our District Policy for further details:

• Only hardware (computers, tablets, printers, workstations, servers, routers, network switches, etc.) purchased, managed and maintained by the Office of Instructional Technology will be permitted on the district network.  Personal hardware (consumer printers, computers, laptops, routers, etc.) will not be maintained nor added to the district’s network. Faculty may add personal laptops, tablets, devices to the wireless network using the instructions provided by the Office of Instructional Technology.
• District faculty and staff are prohibited from purchasing and/or receiving (through donation, grant or loan) technology (hardware and software) without the involvement of and written permission from the Office of Instructional Technology. This includes but is not limited to any software, programs, computers, laptops, printers, servers, routers, switches, tablets, iPads, or any other hardware requiring district support.

The full policy is linked here.