Legal Information
CCSD Applicable Board Rules
This website is used by a CCSD Employee for school related business. CCSD Board Administrative Rule IJNDB is a guideline for CCSD Technology Use.
If you believe any section of this website violates any section of CCSD Internet Use Policy of CCSD Board Rule, please contact the webmaster.
Employee Created Websites/Blogs (CCSD Board Rule IJNDB):
The District assumes no responsibility for schools or individual employees who do not
comply with the following provisions:
1. Employees may create or link to individual Web pages and/or blogs on an external site
provided these external sites meet the District’s definition of “educational purposes” as
stated in Section G below. Any links to external sites that fail to meet that definition
will be removed.
2. Each employee will be responsible for maintaining his/her Web pages or blogs in
cooperation with the school Web Publisher. Specifically, all material originating from
the employee and placed on the employee Web pages/blogs will be consistent with the
Web Page Publishing and Compliance Guidelines (Form IJNDB-5) and approved
through the compliance process established by the District Web Publisher (Web
Master).
3. The District Web site and individual employee Web
pages/blogs will not:
a. Contain public message boards or chat-room areas. However,
employees may allow
two-way communication on blogs or private message boards as a
part of the
classroom curriculum as long as the employee previews
(moderates) and approves
all blog comments before they are posted on the Internet.
b. Allow the display of unsolicited comments from the general
public. Any solicited
public feedback should be reviewed by the employee before
posting. Any
questionable or inappropriate content will immediately be removed
by the
employee, the School Web Publisher or by the District Web
Publisher (Web
Master) with no notification.
A. COPYRIGHT
Unless otherwise indicated, the materials (“Materials”) displayed on the Cobb County School District Web site and individual school Web pages are the property of Cobb County School District (District) and are protected by United States and international copyright laws. This includes, but is not limited to, the compilation, selection, arrangement and presentation of all Materials (including information in the public domain), the overall design of District Web site, and the computer programs that create the Web page displays.
Any visitor to the District Web site is hereby granted permission to access and print Materials from this Web site for personal, non-commercial purposes only. Any other copying, distribution, modification, transmission or dissemination of the Materials displayed at the District’s site by means now known or hereafter developed, is strictly prohibited without the express prior written permission of the District.
B. TRADEMARKS
Unless otherwise indicated, the ‘C-within-Cobb-County-outline-C’ logo and approved wordmarks, including but not limited to Cobb edTV, the PICASSO online curriculum portal, individual school names, school shield designs, school athletics identities, and school mottos are trademarks or service marks of the District and may not be used or displayed in any manner without the express prior written permission of the District. All other trademarks or service marks that appear on the District Web site are the property of their respective owners.
C. LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES
The Cobb County School District (District) Web site or some of its Web pages may provide links to other Internet Web sites or resources not hosted on the District Web server (“External Sites”). As a visitor to the District Web site, you agree and acknowledge that the District:
(i) Has provided these links to External Sites for your convenience only;
(ii) Has no control over these External Sites;
(iii) Is not responsible for the availability of these External Sites; and
(iv) Does not endorse nor is responsible or liable for any content, advertisements, products, or other
materials on or made available from these External Sites.
Further, you acknowledge and agree the District shall not be responsible or liable, either directly or indirectly, for any error, damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods, or services available on or through these External Sites.
D. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Visitors and users agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the members of the Cobb County Board Of Education, Cobb County School District, its officers, employees, agents, successors and assignees (the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), regardless of outcome, caused by, arising out of, or otherwise sustained as the result of the use of Cobb County School District's technology.
E. DISCLAIMER
COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS ORIMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FURTHER, COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT THE FUNCTIONS, SERVICES, OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, THROUGH, OR RELATED TO COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ERRORFREE OR WITHOUT DEFECT. IN NO EVENT SHALL COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, AS A RESULT OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EQUIPMENT DOWN-TIME, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, LOSS OF INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. COBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPLICITY DENIES RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT MAY ARISE THROUGH THE UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ITS TECHNOLOGY.
F. COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT COMPLAINTS
Cobb County School District (District) respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow the instructions provided under Contact Information and provide the District's Communications Officer with the written information specified:
(i) An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
(ii) Adescription of the copyrighted work allegedly infringed upon;
(iii) A description of where the alleged infringing material is located on the District Web site;
(iv) Your e-mail and postal address, as well as your telephone number;
(v) A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the alleged infringing material is
unauthorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
(vi) A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is
accurate and that you are either the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's
behalf.
G. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you wish to contact Cobb County School District to request permission to use any Materials you may send e-mail or a letter delivered by first class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid to the following addresses:
E-mail:communications@cobbk12.org
U.S. mail: Cobb County School District
514 Glover Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Attn: Communications Office
Software/Freeware
This website was created using the following software:
Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Microsoft Word 2007
Microsoft Excel 2007
Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
This website was designed to work in several browsers including Windows Internet Explorer 7+. Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.
This website makes use of frames and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Some applications require Java and Flash to be enabled in the browser settings to function as intended.
Some html and flash code was obtained from http://www.dynamicdrive.com.
The Missing Children's Banner was obtained from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at www.missingkids.com.
Hosting services provided by www.godaddy.com.
New and Headlines ticker provided by www.bravenet.com
Mission
This website was created as a communications tool in accordance with the Hillgrove High School School Improvement Goal of:
The school will improve communication with stakeholder groups
For more information, read the Hillgrove High School School Improvement Plan (SIP) by clicking here: Hillgrove SIP 08-09