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Jan: We began last year with one workstations limited to teachers. This September we went to four student workstations with Internet access. Only students who sign our Internet contract (and their parents sign, too) are given privileges. They need a hallpasses from teachers to be in the library and the computers can not be reserved for any classes, but otherwise they are free to logon whenever they can. We are just working our way through some small problems. Today we told them that the district has decided that chat lines are no long allowed. Not a single kid complained because they knew that what they were doing was not appropriate. The state did not pay for this equipment so that they could discuss boyfriends, etc. I just wrote a two page paper called "A Bucket of Cold Water" which explained some cautions to the faculty. If you would like a copy, let me know. One major point you will need to explain is that teachers absolutely can not require Internet use as part of an assignment. There are many parents who will not want their children exposed to the filth which can be accessed, so requiring Internet use would be unfair, not to say unwise. We are running Netscape and Chameleon. We do not have e-mail and have no plans to offer it to students, although teachers will get it. Carole H. Carpenter chcrpntr@strauss.udel.edu Milford Sr. H.S. Milford, DE