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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
School district monitoring student blogs
Posted
By Cathy Resmer
on Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Teen bloggers beware — a school district in Illinois is instituting a new policy.
From an AP report:
The boardof Community High School District 128 voted unanimously on Monday torequire that all students participating in extracurricular activitiessign a pledge agreeing that evidence of "illegal or inappropriate"behavior posted on the Internet could be grounds for disciplinaryaction.
The rule will take effect at the start of the next school year, officials said.
Districtofficials won't regularly search students' sites, but will monitor themif they get a worrisome tip from another student, a parent or acommunity member.
Mary Greenberg of Lake Bluff, who has a son at Libertyville High School, argued the district is overstepping its bounds.
"I don't think they need to police what students are doing online," she said. "That's my job."
Associate Superintendent Prentiss Lea rebuffed that criticism.
"Theconcept that searching a blog site is an invasion of privacy is almostan oxymoron," he said. "It is called the World Wide Web."
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About The Author
Cathy Resmer
Bio:
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
Deputy publisher Cathy Resmer is an organizer of the Vermont Tech Jam. She also oversees Seven Days' parenting publication, Kids VT, and created the Good Citizen Challenge, a youth civics initiative. Resmer began her career at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001. Hired as a staff writer in 2005, she became the publication's first online editor in 2007.
