Re: GEN: N.H. courts allows turn over of Internet logs

[David Lininger <tss003@MAIL.CONNECT.MORE.NET>]

At 08:38 AM 11/7/00 -0500, Nancy Keane wrote:
>Pretty scary story out of N.H. today.  The courts have ruled that a father
>does have the right to view the Internet history logs from his children's
>school district.  He asked for the logs when the school district refused to
>filter the Internet.  He said he wants to be sure that students are not
>accessing inappropriate sites.  This has been going on quite some time but
>the ruling came down yesterday.  For more details, see:
>http://unionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=10276

I don't find this scary at all. In fact, I like it. If students knew that
any parent in the district could access the logs, they might just think
twice before accessing inappropriate sites. In other words, they might just
start acting responsibly!


David Lininger (KB0ZKE), LMS
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Rt 1, Box 838
Urbana, MO 65767
mailto: tss003@mail.connect.more.net

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