Unblocking Overblocks

Technology Protection Measures have been found to inappropriately block access to appropriate material.  To ensure that the implementation of the Technology Protection Measure is accomplished in a manner that retains Carteret County Public School System’s control over decision-making regarding the appropriateness of material for students, does not unduly restrict the educational use of the Internet by teachers or students, and ensures the protection of students' constitutional rights of access to information and ideas, authority is granted to selected educators to temporarily or permanently unblock access to sites blocked by the Technology Protection Measure.

a)      Authority to temporarily unblock access is granted to school technology contacts, media specialists, and any teacher who regularly uses the Internet for instructional purposes who requests permission to have such authority. 

b)      To temporarily unblock a site, the authorized individual must review the contents of the site, outside of the view of any student, prior to allowing access to the site by a student.

c)      Reports of all instances of temporary unblocking are automatically forwarded to the school technology contact and/or media specialist.

d)      If an authorized individual believes that the blocked site should be permanently unblocked, a recommendation can be forwarded to the school’s technology contact and/or media specialist.  This individual may make a decision to permanently unblock access to the site.  A list of all sites that have been permanently unblocked is housed on the school’s local override database within the technology blocking measure.