Welcome to the School Leadership Briefing website (the “SLB website”). The SLB website is owned by School Administration Publishing, LLC. By using or accessing the SLB website or any of the services provided through SLB website (collectively, the “Services”), you agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”). These Terms govern only the content, features, and activities related to the SLB website and do not cover any other linked or referenced website associated with the SLB website, unless specifically stated. These terms and conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you and School Administration Publishing, LLC. By using the SLB website, you understand, acknowledge and agree that you will abide by these Terms. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.
School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves the right to modify these Terms from time to time for any reason in School Administration Publishing, LLC’s sole discretion without notice. School Administration Publishing, LLC will post or display notices of material changes on the SLB website and/or may email you about these changes. These changes become effective immediately upon posting and if you use the SLB website after the changes become effective, it will signify your agreement to be bound by the changes. Please review these Terms from time to time so that you will be apprised of any changes.
Intellectual Property Rights
The SLB website is proprietary to School Administration Publishing, LLC and is protected by intellectual property laws and international intellectual property treaties. The entire contents of the SLB website (the “Content”) are copyrighted as a collective work under the laws of United States and other copyright laws. School Administration Publishing, LLC holds the copyright in the collective work. The collective work may include works that are the property of other third parties, which are also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the Content from the different areas of the SLB website solely for your own non-commercial use, unless otherwise permitted. Any redistribution, retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the SLB website. You may not use any School Leadership Briefing logo or any other proprietary graphic or trademark without School Administration Publishing, LLC’s express written permission. As between the parties, title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in the Services, and any copies or portions thereof, shall remain in School Administration Publishing, LLC and/or its content providers. Third-party trademarks, service marks and logos contained in the SLB website are owned and licensed by their respective owners. School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves any rights not expressly granted herein.
Grant of Limited License
Your access to the SLB website is licensed and not sold. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, School Administration Publishing, LLC agrees to provide you with a personal, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive account enabling you to access and use the Service and the SLB website, subject to the restrictions set forth herein. All School Administration Publishing, LLC content that is made available to view and/or download in connection with the SLB website is owned by and is the copyrighted work of School Administration Publishing, LLC and/or its suppliers and is licensed, not sold. You may not lend, lease, rent or sublicense the SLB website.
Your Subscription Account
In order to access some features of the SLB website, you will have to create an online account (the “Subscription Account”). You agree to: (a) maintain the security of your user identification, password and other confidential information relating to your Subscription Account; (b) be solely responsible for the security, confidentiality and integrity of all messages and the content that you receive, transmit through or store on the Service; (c) be responsible for all charges resulting from use of your Subscription Account, including unauthorized use prior to your notifying School Administration Publishing, LLC in writing of such use and taking steps to prevent its further occurrence by changing your password; (d) comply with the terms and conditions set forth herein; and (e) comply with all applicable U.S. and international laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, contracts and applicable licenses regarding your use of the Services or SLB website.
By registering for a Subscription Account, you expressly agree (a) you shall not share your account information or allow access to your Subscription Account by any third party, and that your Subscription Account is personal to you; (b) you shall not share with any third party any information and content provided through the Services that is not made generally available by School Administration Publishing, LLC, and (c) you shall be financially responsible for your use of the Service and to comply with your responsibilities and obligations as stated in these Terms. With respect to any Content accessible through your Subscription Account, you acknowledge and agree that you may create a single printout or copy of Content downloaded via downloading commands of the Services.
Fees; Payment Terms; Account Cancellation
School Administration Publishing, LLC charges a subscription fee (”Fees”) for the use of certain of the Services. School Administration Publishing, LLC expressly reserves the right to change the Fees at any time, upon notice to you. By registering for a Subscription Account, you agree to pay School Administration Publishing, LLC the Fees for the Services applicable to the account level chosen. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are stated in U.S. Dollars. The Fees for the Services do not include any payment for telecommunications and computer hardware, software, telecommunications access charges, lines or connections or other equipment and services required to access and use the Services. All Fees, Taxes (as defined herein) and other charges will be billed to your credit card or invoiced to you if paying by check, at the current international currency conversion rate. You are responsible for and shall pay School Administration Publishing, LLC all currency conversion charges, sales, use, value-added, personal property or other tax, duty or levy of any kind, including interest and penalties thereon (collectively, “Taxes”) for the use of the Services or resulting from these Terms, whether imposed now or hereinafter by any governmental entity.
All Fees are paid in advance. We reserve the right to deactivate your access to the Services for failure to pay applicable fees. If you provide us with a credit card that expires during the term of these Terms, we reserve the right to charge any renewal card issued to you as a replacement. You agree to promptly pay School Administration Publishing, LLC in the event of any refusal of your credit card issuer to pay any amount to School Administration Publishing, LLC for any reason. You agree to pay all costs of collection, including attorney’s fees and costs, on any outstanding balance. In the event you fail to pay any amount when due, School Administration Publishing, LLC may immediately suspend or terminate these Terms and your access to the Services.
Your subscription will renew automatically, unless we terminate it or you notify us by telephone, mail, or e-mail (receipt of which must be confirmed by email reply from us) of your decision to terminate your subscription. You must cancel your subscription before it renews in order to avoid billing of subscription fees for the renewal term to your credit card.
If you are not 100% satisfied at any point with our service, you may cancel your Subscription Account. You must notify us by telephone, mail, or e-mail (receipt of which must be confirmed by email reply from us) of your decision to terminate your subscription. Upon such termination, we will issue you a refund or credit for the unused portion of your subscription.
Restrictions
School Administration Publishing, LLC dedicates substantial efforts to provide you the quality services available through the SLB website. Accordingly, you may not, directly or indirectly, (a) engage in any acts inconsistent with the principles of copyright protection and fair use, as codified in 17 U.S.C. Sections 106-110, without obtaining the express written permission of School Administration Publishing, LLC and the copyright owner; (b) distribute, rent, lease, transfer or otherwise transfer rights to, or in any way exploit, the Content or any User Submissions (as defined below), in whole or in part; (c) remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Content or any User Submissions; (d) rearrange or modify the Content; or (e) create abstracts from, scrape or display our Content or User Submission for use on another web site or service.
You are responsible for your communications and your use of the SLB website. You agree not to do any of the following: (a) post or transmit any libelous, defamatory, indecent, obscene or pornographic message, data, image or program; (b) post or transmit any message, data, image or program that would violate any property rights of others; (c) use the SLB website to threaten, harass, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; (d) upload or download files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other applicable law unless you own or control the rights to such files or have received all necessary consents; (e) upload files that contain a virus or corrupted data; (f) falsify the source or origin of software or other material contained in a file that you upload to a BBS or the SLB website; (g) falsely purport to be an employee or agent of School Administration Publishing, LLC; (h) act, or fail to act, in your use of the SLB website, in a manner that is contrary to applicable law or regulation; (i) distribute in any medium any part of the SLB website, including, but not limited to, any User Submissions (as defined below), without School Administration Publishing, LLC’s prior written consent; (j) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the SLB website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the SLB website or the Content therein; (k) use the SLB website, any Content or any User Submissions for any commercial use, without the prior written authorization of School Administration Publishing, LLC; or (l) engage in any other activity deemed by School Administration Publishing, LLC to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of these Terms.
We do not want to discourage users from taking controversial positions or expressing unpopular views in the SLB website, nonetheless, School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in cases where the Service is used to disseminate statements which are deeply and widely offensive and/or harmful.
User Submissions
Although some of the individuals posting to the SLB website (including the editors and moderators) work for School Administration Publishing, LLC, any opinions expressed are the personal opinions of the original authors, not of School Administration Publishing, LLC. The content is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not meant to be an endorsement or representation by School Administration Publishing, LLC or any other party. School Administration Publishing, LLC does not assume any responsibility or liability for any blogs, opinions, comments or other commentary posted on the SLB website or any website linked to the SLB website and makes no express or implied warranty or guarantee about the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, or any other aspect of the content.
School Administration Publishing, LLC does not claim ownership of any materials and other information you post, upload, or submit to public areas of the SLB website (such as bulletin boards (“BBSs”), forums and chat rooms), video content and textual content (collectively, the “User Submissions”).
By posting, uploading, submitting, or inputting any User Submissions to the SLB website or through the Service, alone or as part of other works, you agree to grant to School Administration Publishing, LLC a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to use, copy, sublicense, reproduce, distribute, redistribute, modify, adapt, publish, edit, translate, transmit, create derivative works of, broadcast, publicly perform or display any such User Submissions in any form, media, or technology whether by any means and in any media now known or hereafter developed and to sublicense such rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses; and to publish your name in connection with your User Submission. You also hereby grant each user of the SLB website a non-exclusive license to access your User Submissions through the SLB website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality of the SLB website and under these Terms.
With respect to any User Submissions consisting of audio or video files, the above licenses granted by you shall terminate within a commercially reasonable time after you remove or delete such video files from the Service. You understand and agree, however, that School Administration Publishing, LLC may retain server copies of User Submissions that have been removed or deleted. The above licenses granted by you with respect to any other types of User Submissions are perpetual and irrevocable. You hereby waive your moral rights in any such User Submissions, and you hereby warrant that any such User Submissions are original with you, or that you have the right to submit such User Submissions. You agree that you shall have no recourse against School Administration Publishing, LLC for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communication to us. You further acknowledge and agree that: (a) no compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your User Submissions, as provided herein; (b) School Administration Publishing, LLC is under no obligation to post or use any User Submission you may provide; and (c) School Administration Publishing, LLC may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.
Your participation in on-line communications occurs in real time and School Administration Publishing, LLC does not edit, censor, or otherwise control such communications. School Administration Publishing, LLC cannot and does not screen content provided by you to the SLB website or through its service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves the right to remove any content from the SLB website at any time, for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such content or if School Administration Publishing, LLC is concerned that you may have breached the immediately preceding sentence), or for no reason at all.
The SLB website is available to the public. Do not post information you consider confidential to these websites. If you submit content, you agree that School Administration Publishing, LLC may reveal your identity and whatever information we know about you to any law enforcement agent or official in the event of legal action arising from any posting(s) made by you. School Administration Publishing, LLC may modify, display, delete, transmit or distribute content posted on the SLB website in its sole discretion and without your permission. However, School Administration Publishing, LLC shall not be responsible for controlling or editing any content, and School Administration Publishing, LLC cannot ensure prompt removal of inappropriate or unlawful content.
Links to Third Party Web Sites
The SLB website may contain links to third party websites. Access to any other Internet website linked to the SLB website is at your own risk and School Administration Publishing, LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, availability or reliability of any information, goods, data, opinions, advice or statements made available on these websites. These links may also lead unintentionally to sites containing information that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These links are not under the control of School Administration Publishing, LLC and as such, School Administration Publishing, LLC is not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such third party website. School Administration Publishing, LLC provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement or recommendation. School Administration Publishing, LLC is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any link, nor is School Administration Publishing, LLC responsible if any of these links are not working appropriately. You are responsible for viewing and abiding by any privacy statements and terms of use posted in connection with these links.
Disclaimer of Third Party Information
School Administration Publishing, LLC does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted or uploaded to the SLB website and is not responsible for the content of these communications and materials. However, School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines, in its sole discretion, to be (a) abusive, libelous, defamatory or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright or trademark, other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to School Administration Publishing, LLC.
You understand that when using the SLB website, you will be exposed to User Submissions and third party content from a variety of sources, and that School Administration Publishing, LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety, or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Submissions or third party content. You also understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Submissions and third party content that may be offensive, indecent, inaccurate, or objectionable, and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against School Administration Publishing, LLC with respect thereto.
Statements made in websites, newsgroups, message boards, email, forums, conferences, chats and/or User Submissions reflect only the views of their authors. Forum managers, forum hosts, content providers, or merchants appearing on the SLB website are not authorized School Administration Publishing, LLC spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of School Administration Publishing, LLC, and School Administration Publishing, LLC does not endorse any User Submission or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein.
Operation
School Administration Publishing, LLC reserves complete and sole discretion with respect to the operation of SLB website. School Administration Publishing, LLC may, among other things: (a) make available to third parties information relating to the SLB website and its users; and (b) withdraw, suspend or discontinue any functionality or feature of the SLB website. School Administration Publishing, LLC may, in its complete and sole discretion, review uploaded files, conferences, BBSs, forums, chats and User Submissions and authorize restrictions on access thereto.
You acknowledge and agree that from time to time the SLB website and/or its services may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including, without limitation: (i) equipment malfunctions; (ii) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs which School Administration Publishing, LLC may undertake from time to time; or (iii) causes beyond the control of School Administration Publishing, LLC or which are not reasonably foreseeable by School Administration Publishing, LLC.
General Disclaimer
THE SLB WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SLB WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THE SLB WEBSITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE OF THESE TERMS. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC CANNOT AND DOES NOT WARRANT AGAINST HUMAN AND MACHINE ERRORS, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, INTERRUPTIONS OR LOSSES, INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THIS ONLINE SITE WILL BE FREE OF INFECTION BY VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER CODE THAT MANIFEST CONTAMINATING OR DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR SERVICE ACCESSED THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SLB WEBSITE WILL BE CORRECTED. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC MAY CHANGE THE SERVICE OR THE FEATURES IN ANY WAY, AND AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON.
Although School Administration Publishing, LLC has attempted to provide accurate information on the SLB website, School Administration Publishing, LLC assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information.
Indemnification
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND SUPPLIERS FROM AND AGAINST ALL LOSSES, EXPENSES, DAMAGES AND COSTS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES, RESULTING FROM ANY VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS OR ANY USER SUBMISSION POSTED OR SUBMITTED BY YOU (INCLUDING INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES’ WORLDWIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR NEGLIGENT OR WRONGFUL CONDUCT).
Waiver and Release
YOU AGREE THAT NEITHER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC NOR ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY OR INDEMNITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SLB WEBSITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER SUBMISSIONS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU. YOU HEREBY RELEASE AND FOREVER WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS BASED UPON THE NEGLIGENCE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS) FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES YOU SUSTAIN IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SLB WEBSITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE CONTENT.
Liability Limitation
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC WILL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR DATA OR COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SLB WEBSITE OR RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED, EVEN IF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHING, LLC MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
The SLB website is controlled and offered by School Administration Publishing, LLC from its facilities in the United States of America. School Administration Publishing, LLC makes no representations that the SLB website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the SLB website from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement Notification
School Administration Publishing, LLC respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that there may be an instance of copyright infringement on the SLB website, please review our Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement Notification Policy, currently accessible at https://schoolbriefing.com/copyright.
Miscellaneous
School Administration Publishing, LLC may terminate or suspend access to the SLB website immediately, without prior notice or liability, if you breach any of these Terms or for any other reason. The failure of either party to exercise in any respect any right provided for herein shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. These Terms are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with School Administration Publishing, LLC’s prior written consent. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New Jersey without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Both parties agree that these Terms, along with School Administration Publishing, LLC’s Privacy Policy, Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement Notification Policy and any other legal notices published by School Administration Publishing, LLC on the SLB website, are the complete and exclusive statements of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersede and cancel all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter hereof, and that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind School Administration Publishing, LLC in any respect whatsoever.
You agree that any legal action or proceeding between School Administration Publishing, LLC and you for any purpose concerning these Terms, and any other related agreements with School Administration Publishing, LLC, or the parties’ obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to School Administration Publishing, LLC must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If any action in law or in equity is necessary to enforce the terms of these Terms, and/or School Administration Publishing, LLC’s Privacy Policy or Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement Notification Policy, the prevailing party will be entitled to reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals, and costs and expenses in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party may be entitled.
Notice
School Administration Publishing, LLC may deliver notice to you under these Terms by means of electronic mail, a general notice on the SLB website, or by written communication delivered by first class U.S. mail to your address on record in your Subscription Account. You may give notice to School Administration Publishing, LLC at any time via electronic mail to the following address: .
Other Policies
For information regarding School Administration Publishing, LLC’s treatment of personally identifiable information, please review School Administration Publishing, LLC’s current privacy policy at https://schoolbriefing.com/privacy-policy. If you believe that material or content residing on or accessible through the SLB website infringes a copyright, please review School Administration Publishing, LLC’s Copyright Dispute Policy at https://schoolbriefing.com/copyright.