The Windsor Forest circulation policy states that teachers may check out materials from any of the media center collections. Teachers are not charged overdue fines, but they are responsible for the paying the cost of any lost or damaged materials they check out. Teachers are allowed to check out any equipment that is housed in the media center, which includes digital and video cameras, computers, mobile projector carts, COWS, laptops, CPS sets, dvd/vcr TVs, and document cameras.
Students may check out up to 3 books for a period of 2 weeks at a time and 1 eBook at a time. AV materials and periodicals do not circulate to students. Students are charged a late fine of 5 cents per day, excluding weekends and holidays for late books. If books are not returned, the report card will be held until the book is returned or paid for. If the student is a senior, he/she will not be able to participate in any of the end of the year graduation activities and their diploma will be held until all fines/fees are paid to the school. In the event of economic hardship, we will work with the student in order to provide a solution that will help the student pay for his/her fine, whether it is making small payments or working in the media center. The fees generated from lost books and/or overdue fines is used to pay for media center necessities, as deemed necessary by the media specialist.
Media center handbook website: http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wfhs/mc/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
The BYOD or BYOT policy states that students may be permitted to use their personal electronic devices for instructional purposes and to access the District provided network/internet. Students must follow all directions given by school personnel in regards to using personal devices. Principals can alter, change, or deny the use of personal electronic devices at any time.
Students shall be personally and solely responsible for the maintenance, support, and security of their personal electronic device. All personal laptops are required to have updated virus protection and the latest security patches to the operating system and browser prior to connecting to the network. The district shall not assume responsibility or liability for the theft, loss, or damage to personal devices, nor does it assume responsibility for the unauthorized use of any device.
While on Board property, students are not permitted to use their own personal Wi-Fi, data plans, or other types of Internet access provided by Internet service providers/carriers that is not provided by The Board of Public Education. All Internet access will be filtered and recorded.
No student shall photograph, videotape, record, or reproduce, via any audio or video means, another student or staff member on board property without the expressed prior permission of a teacher or administrator. Students are also prohibited from disrupting instruction with ringtones, music, or sound effects.
The SCCPSS provides access to technology in order for students to develop 21st Century information literacy and digital citizenship skills. Student access to the internet will be automatically provided unless the parent/guardian has submitted written notification to the District that such access is not permitted.
The Media Center program promotes intellectual freedom within the school by providing access to a variety of information, ideas, and resources. The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996.
A history of the Library Bill of Rights is found in the latest edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual.
The Media Center adheres to The Freedom to Read Statement and Access to Resources and Services in the School Library Media Program of the American Library Association. A maker-space is set up in the media center for students to use when working on projects. Students are allowed to use the materials provided to them by the media specialist or materials they bring in.
Students may check out up to 3 books for a period of 2 weeks at a time and 1 eBook at a time. AV materials and periodicals do not circulate to students. Students are charged a late fine of 5 cents per day, excluding weekends and holidays for late books. If books are not returned, the report card will be held until the book is returned or paid for. If the student is a senior, he/she will not be able to participate in any of the end of the year graduation activities and their diploma will be held until all fines/fees are paid to the school. In the event of economic hardship, we will work with the student in order to provide a solution that will help the student pay for his/her fine, whether it is making small payments or working in the media center. The fees generated from lost books and/or overdue fines is used to pay for media center necessities, as deemed necessary by the media specialist.
Media center handbook website: http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/wfhs/mc/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
The BYOD or BYOT policy states that students may be permitted to use their personal electronic devices for instructional purposes and to access the District provided network/internet. Students must follow all directions given by school personnel in regards to using personal devices. Principals can alter, change, or deny the use of personal electronic devices at any time.
Students shall be personally and solely responsible for the maintenance, support, and security of their personal electronic device. All personal laptops are required to have updated virus protection and the latest security patches to the operating system and browser prior to connecting to the network. The district shall not assume responsibility or liability for the theft, loss, or damage to personal devices, nor does it assume responsibility for the unauthorized use of any device.
While on Board property, students are not permitted to use their own personal Wi-Fi, data plans, or other types of Internet access provided by Internet service providers/carriers that is not provided by The Board of Public Education. All Internet access will be filtered and recorded.
No student shall photograph, videotape, record, or reproduce, via any audio or video means, another student or staff member on board property without the expressed prior permission of a teacher or administrator. Students are also prohibited from disrupting instruction with ringtones, music, or sound effects.
The SCCPSS provides access to technology in order for students to develop 21st Century information literacy and digital citizenship skills. Student access to the internet will be automatically provided unless the parent/guardian has submitted written notification to the District that such access is not permitted.
The Media Center program promotes intellectual freedom within the school by providing access to a variety of information, ideas, and resources. The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
- Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
- Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
- Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
- Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.
- A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views.
- Libraries that make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use.
Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996.
A history of the Library Bill of Rights is found in the latest edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual.
The Media Center adheres to The Freedom to Read Statement and Access to Resources and Services in the School Library Media Program of the American Library Association. A maker-space is set up in the media center for students to use when working on projects. Students are allowed to use the materials provided to them by the media specialist or materials they bring in.