Gotcha Too
A group of parents is complaining that the local high school has gone way overboard by calling in police in a case of computer tampering. In a pilot program, Kutztown (Pa.) Area High School gave students laptop computers, each equipped with software to limit access to the Internet. But parents say the password for the software was “widely-known” and “distributed early in the school year” to students. “At no time was the security of the server breached,” said a parent spokesman, “and I don’t know that [the tampering] has cost the taxpayers any money.” Still, 13 students, mostly freshmen, who opened up the nannyware to download music and “inappropriate images” from the Internet, have been charged with felony “computer trespass.” School Superintendent Brenda Winkler shrugs off parental criticism. “We continue to collaborate with police,” she said, noting the program to issue laptops to students will continue since it has been “a learning experience.” (Kutztown Area Patriot) ...Maybe if the school tried “collaborating” with students and parents instead, the kids would have a more uplifting “learning experience.”
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