East Cleveland City School District is providing this annual notice to its parents and guardians regarding the general monitoring of school-issued devices used by students. School-issued devices include any hardware, software, or accounts provided to students for personal use.

Please be aware that the District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: location tracking and student interactions with school-issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the purpose of noncommercial education, such as instruction, technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.

Please note that the District has NOT implemented any new or changed monitoring services. This notice is a new requirement per Ohio Senate Bill 29 (“SB29”) that was passed by the Ohio General Assembly at the end of June 2024, was signed by Governor DeWine on July 24, 2024, and became effective on October 24, 2024.

The Technology Department of the East Cleveland City Schools supports the growth and innovation of staff and students.  In working closely with the Curriculum & Instruction Department, Technology looks to advance pedagogical best practices while preparing our students with the technological skills needed to enroll in a college or begin a career in an area of their choice.  Technology is responsible for database management of all non-SIS applications as well as hardware support and software training. 

Technology manages the following programs:

• GoGuardian (web filtering)
• Clever (SSO)
• Google Admin (domain infrastructure including Gmail and Drive)
• Zoom (web meetings, phone, chat)
• ML Works (technology requests)