What's new at the foundation for Belmont education?
The Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) is pleased to announce and summarize grants that were recently approved for the 2021-2022 academic year. Below is a summary of three new grants totaling $7,282.
What is Belmont’s community breakfast?
Belmont’s Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast, historically intended to bring the Belmont and Boston communities together in a program of unity around Dr. King’s legacy, will once again take place via Zoom on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 9 am.
What does the Office of public school monitoring do?
The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations.
Staff Remote Access
Remote Access is available for external access to the Belmont Public Schools network including software and individual data folders. Remote Access and Outlook Web Access for email require an individual network account on the Belmont Public Schools network.
New to Remote Access? START Here
Download and install Citrix Workspace (formerly, Citrix Receiver) first, then start using Remote Access.
Network Account Application
Use this form to apply for a Belmont Public Schools Computer Network Account.
Electronic Forms
Rout-able forms available to streamline forms processing. All staff have accounts to access these forms:
What is the purpose of Belmont Public Schools?
Purpose. The primary purpose of the Belmont Public Schools Computer Network (“the Network”) is to support the educational objectives of the Belmont Public Schools and Belmont's educational community in general. Network use provides valuable opportunities for research, curriculum support, and career development.
What is network use in school?
Network use provides valuable opportunities for research, curriculum support, and career development. The Network is not a public forum, and the Belmont Public School system reserves the right to place reasonable limits on materials posted or accessed through this network.
Can students upload to the internet?
No student may upload or download material to or from Internet sites without permission from their teacher. Students shall not access, upload, download, transmit, or distribute material that is pornographic, obscene, sexually explicit, threatening, discriminatory, intimidating, abusive, harassing, or offensive.
Does Belmont School require signature?
This policy does not require a signature as it is referenced in each school’s student handbook. Adopted by the Belmont School Committee, May 4, 2010. Revised form adopted by the Belmont School Committee, January 18, 2011.
Is Belmont Public School a private school?
All communications, regardless of content or purpose, are public and are not private .
Can you share passwords with students?
Network IDs and passwords are provided for each user's personal use only. Passwords should not be shared with anyone. Students must not use another person's password. If you suspect that someone has discovered your password, you must have it changed immediately.
Can students use chat rooms in Belmont?
Students must not access chat rooms or social networking sites. Students are also prohibited from using the Network to blog or to send or received instant messages. Games must not be played, accessed, or downloaded. The Belmont Public School System will take reasonable precautions to filter out inappropriate materials; however, it is impossible to monitor all content.
INTRODUCTION
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a secured private network that provides a secure encrypted connection, or tunnel, over the Internet between an individual computer/device and a private network such as the Belmont University Campus Network.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to state the requirements for remote access to computing resources and data hosted at the university using VPN technology.
SCOPE
This policy applies to all VPN users of computer and network resources owned or managed by Belmont University.
POLICY
This policy provides the security requirements for all Belmont University employees who are manipulating and/or accessing university data classified by the Data Classification Policy as level 1 or 2 confidential information from remote locations using VPN technology.
REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES FOR ALL REMOTE USERS
Belmont employees and authorized third parties using the VPN must ensure that unauthorized users are not allowed access to internal university networks and associated information or data.
COMPLIANCE
Violations of this policy will be handled according to normal disciplinary procedures. However, a user’s IT use privileges may be temporarily suspended by LITS prior to the initiation or completion of these procedures when there is a reasonable basis to believe that an individual is in violation of this policy.
RELATED STANDARDS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES
The Remote Access Policy is administered through a collection of Belmont standards. The Belmont University Remote Access Policy and its standards are in effect at all times.
