Lexington Public Schools shall use a technology protection measures that blocks and/or filters Internet access to prevent access to Internet sites that are not in accordance with the policies of Lexington Public Schools.   Lexington Public Schools may utilize measures which monitor technology usage.

         1.  The technology protection measure that blocks and/or filters Internet access may be disabled by an authorized staff member for bona fide research purposes if such has been recommended by a district administrator and approved by the district Technology Committee.

         2.  An authorized staff member may override the technology protections measure that blocks and/or filters Internet access for a minor to access a site for bona fide research or other lawful purposes during which time the minor will be monitored directly by the authorized staff member or his/her designee.

Internet categories of sites which shall be blocked and/or filtered by Lexington Public Schools include the following:

         1.  Crime:  Sites providing instructions on performing criminal activities or acquiring illegal items, including defeating security, disabling, or otherwise interfering with computer systems (hacking or cracking); unauthorized use of telephone or communications equipment to place free calls or charge another≠s account for calls (phreaking); deactivating copy protection or registration schemes of software or hardware systems (pirating and warez); construction and usage of munitions such as pipe bombs, letter bombs, and land mines; and lock picking, spying, or general subterfuge and defeating of security measures.

         2.   Drugs/Advocacy:  Sites advocating the legal use of illegal drugs for medical and personal use.

         3.   Drugs/Non medical:  Sites providing information on growth, distribution, and advocacy of drugs for non medical use (typically mood altering), including alcohol and tobacco products.

         4.   Entertainment/Games:  Sites dedicated to games, gaming, game tips, game downloads, interactive games, and multi player games.

         5.   Entertainment/Sports:  Sites dedicated to professional and amateur sports and sporting events.

         6.   Finance:  Sites dedicated to personal finance, banking, stock trading, and wealth accumulation.

         7.  Gambling:  Sites dedicated to promotion of or participation in wagering, gambling, casinos, or lotteries.

         8.  Interactive/Chat:  Sites providing interactive communication services, such as Web chat, bulletin boards, and IRC.

         9.  Interactive/Mail:  Sites providing interactive electronic-mail services.

       10.  Intolerance:  Sites advocating intolerance or hatred of a person or group of people.

       11.  Sex/Acts:  Sites depicting or implying sex acts, including pictures of masturbation's not categorized under sexual education.  Also includes sites selling sexual or adult products.

       12.  Sex/Attire:  Sites featuring pictures that include alluring or revealing attire, lingerie and swimsuit shopping, or super model photo collections but do not involve nudity.

        13.   Sex/Nudity:  Sites featuring pictures of exposed breasts or genitalia that do not include or imply sex acts.  Includes sites featuring nudity that is artistic in nature or intended to be artistic, including photograph galleries, painting that may be displayed in museums, and other readily identifiable art forms.  Includes nudists and naturist sites that contain pictures of nude individuals.

        14.   Sex/Personals:  Sites dedicated to personals, dating, escort services, or mail-order marriages.

        15.   SexEd/Advanced:  Sites providing medical discussions of sexually transmitted diseases sickbay as syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV/AIDS.  May include medical pictures of a graphic nature.  Includes sites providing information of an educational nature on pregnancy and family planning, including abortion and adoption issues.  Also includes sites providing information on sexual assault including support sites for victims of rape, child molestation, and sexual abuse.  Includes sites providing information and instructions on the use of birth control devices. May include some explicit pictures or illustrations intended for instructional purposes only.  May include slang names for reproductive organs or clinical discussions of reproduction.

        16.  SexEd/Basic:  Sits providing information a the elementary level about puberty and reproduction.  Includes clinical names for reproductive organs.

        17.   SexEd/Sexuality:  Sites dealing with topics in human sexuality.  Includes sexual technique, sexual orientation, cross-dressing, transvestites, trans genders, multiple-partner relations, and other related issues.

        18.  Violence:  Sites depicting or advocating violence, including sites promoting violent terrorist acts against others that do not fall under the Intolerance category.

        19.   Weapons:  Sites that display, sell, or advocate the use of weapons, including guns, knives,and martial-arts weaponry.