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Canyon School District credits three‑strike internet monitoring protocol with sharp drop in repeat flagged searches
Summary
Dr. McKay Robinson of Canyon School District presented a three‑strike student internet filtering protocol to the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, saying the district flags searches, notifies parents, escalates access restrictions on repeat attempts, and reported a sharp decline from strike 1 to strike 3 counts. Transcript numbers include 48,000 flagged searches and a strike distribution staff said was 84 first strikes, 16 second strikes and 6 third strikes so far this school year; some numeric entries in the presentation appear inconsistent and require follow‑up for exact counts.
Dr. McKay Robinson, assistant superintendent in Canyon School District, appeared before the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee to showcase a district‑level approach to student internet filtering and parent communication.
Robinson described a "three‑strike" protocol: when the system flags an inappropriate search, automated notification goes to parents and school administrators; repeated or deliberate attempts to circumvent filters trigger progressively restrictive actions—first a parent notification (strike 1), then highly restricted access and a required parent/administration meeting (strike 2), and finally disabling the student’s account until a reactivation plan is negotiated with the parent and administration (strike 3).
Robinson provided usage data from the current school year: he reported 48,000 flagged searches and said those flagged searches were concentrated among a very small number of secondary students. He summarized strike counts for the year as 84 first strikes, 16 second strikes and six third strikes and said the district believes the protocol is reducing repeat attempts. "So we do believe that it's working," Robinson said.
Chair and committee members praised the district’s outreach and parent‑communication focus and invited the example as a model other districts can view. Committee members asked for the slide deck and data; Robinson offered to provide the slides directly for committee review.
Note on numeric precision: the transcript contains multiple numeric references in Robinson’s presentation (for example a line referencing "13" of our students versus another line that reads "13,000 students engaged") that appear inconsistent. The article reports the figures Robinson emphasized in his oral summary (48,000 flagged searches; strike counts of 84/16/6) and flags the internal inconsistency for staff follow‑up.
Provenance: Canyon School District presentation and Q&A, SEG 024–145.
