The student body and staff are opposed to all cheating, plagiarism, and dishonesty. To support this policy, certain safeguards are in place for academic security. For such a policy to be meaningful, the support of all students and parents is required.
1. | Cheating: Any intentional giving/discussing/using of external assistance relating to examination, test or quiz without the express permission of the teacher. | |
2. | Fabrication: Any intentional falsification or invention of data, citation, or other authority in an academic exercise. | |
3. | Unauthorized collaboration: Intentional collaboration of an assignment between a student and another person, if such collaboration is not permitted. | |
4. | Plagiarism: Any intentional use of another's ideas, words, or work as one's own. Plagiarism includes the misuse of published/copyrighted material, whether written or visual, and/or the work of other students. | |
5. | Theft or alteration of materials: Any intentional or unauthorized taking, concealment, or alteration of student, teacher, office or library materials. | |
6. | Pattern of test avoidance: A pattern of absences on test days or major assignment due dates for the apparent advantage of performing better at a later date or for gaining extra working/studying time. | |
7. | Pressure for unsubstantiated grade changes: Any student request for a raised grade that is not based on mistakes in correction, recording, averaging, or other clerical error. | |
8. | Abusive conduct with computers and the network: Includes, but is not limited to, prohibited use, damage or theft of system hardware or software; the altering of any system software or software configurations; placing unlawful information, computer viruses or harmful programs on any computer; and pirating copyrighted software. | |
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Prohibited Use
Transmission of any material in violation of any federal or state law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, distribution of: • Information that violates or infringes upon the rights of any other person. • Defamatory, inappropriate, abusive, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, racially offensive, or illegal material. • Advertisements, solicitations, or political lobbying. • Information that encourages the use of controlled substances or the use of the system for the purpose of inciting crime. |
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10. | Unauthorized electronic entry: Any entry without permission. Accessing, downloading and/or printing of materials that are considered by staff to be pornographic, unlawful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable. |
All students will have due process in the handling of the infractions listed in this policy. Possible penalties for infractions include: parent notification, lowering of academic grade, removal from class with F, detention, suspension, and expulsion.
Inappropriate use may result in the cancellation of network privileges. The site system administrator(s) or district security administrator may close an account at any time if deemed necessary.
This My Online Academy website is owned and operated by the Castleton Education Group. Certain My Online Academy websites are freely accessible ("My Online Academy Corporate Websites").
The following rules apply to all activity conducted by students enrolled in My Online Academy. Failure to abide by these rules may result in revoked access as well as consequences determined by your school or district administrators.
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