[LM_NET] Filtering Issues Improving -- Thanks

[Cynthia Jones <librarianjones@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi all

I sent a request for help with an e-mail and internet
filtering situation a couple of weeks ago. I sent a
thank you to the list but I have never seen it come
through. I wanted to let everyone know that my meeting
with my administrators and teacher's association
representatives went fairly well. We will be rewriting
our board policies and the technician who has been
reading our e-mails is being addressed by his
supervisor. Thank you all again for all of your help.
I will probably be asking for help again as we work
through this problem.

I'm attaching my original message if any wonders what
I'm talking about!

Hi all

I'm sorry to be begging for help at the last minute. I
have been invited (actually pretty much invited
myself) to a meeting after school today regarding our
school's e-mail and internet filtering policies. We
have had problems recently with both of these systems.
Our technicians have configured our e-mail filter so
that more than 1000 messages get caught in it each
day. One technician then looks at all of these
messages and decides which ones should be allowed to
pass through. He has announced that he will not allow
any personal e-mail through. (To paraphrase his
words...notes about grandma's health, etc will not be
allowed.) This is not actually a part of our policy,
he just decided this. Tempers are flaring since he is
reading so much of our e-mail. Many are questioning
how he has time to do this, etc.
Also, like many of you, our internet filtering system
is far too protective.
My question is, are any of you out there actually
happy with the way these things are being handled at
your school? Are there media specialists out there who
are able to control these systems? I would like to go
into this meeting with some positive ideas and not
just complaining.
Sorry for the length, and tone, of this message.
Thanks for anything you can do.

Thanks again
Cynthia Jones
Media Specialist
Angola High School
Angola, IN






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