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Parent tells board his child was singled out after district Chromebooks lacked internet restrictions; board asks tech director for briefing
Summary
A parent told the board his child accessed noneducational and unsafe websites on a school-issued Chromebook and said district protections were insufficient; the superintendent said the district's technology director will be asked to brief the board on security and filtering practices.
During the public-comment portion of the April 28 meeting, parent Austin Klowicki described repeated attempts by his child to access noneducational and, by his account, unsafe websites on a school-issued Chromebook and said the district's filtering and security settings were inadequate. Klowicki said the principal and security coordinator had not provided satisfactory answers and that his child had been singled out when staff applied site blocks he said were not applied uniformly.
Klowicki read a letter purportedly sent previously to an Evans School principal and said he believed Chromebooks should not be issued to students below fifth grade because they can…
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