Newport School District supports a large variety of technologies within the district that allows students to conduct research, work on papers, create presentations and the list goes on. We have certain policies we must follow and enforce but most importantly we seek to give you, the student, a platform for bringing things to our attention so we may better serve you.
Federal law requires that we provide a safe Internet experience for all of our users, these rules come from a law referred to as CIPA. In short, we are required to filter access to pictures and material that is considered to be (a) obscene; (b) pornography; or (c) harmful to minors. In addition, each building has further restrictions that have been requested by the staff in that building to make sure education is provided by the best means possible and sometimes that means blocking certain websites. What can you do? When a site is blocked by our filter, a teacher can open it up for temporary access or you may hit the link on that page to request access to that site.
Our effort in filtering is a "best-effort" blocking websites that are required to be blocked is an effort that is always ongoing, this is why we subscribe to a filter service to assist us. If you have any questions please reach out to GrizIT@newportgriz.com
