Lee County Public School System's Technology Initiative

A three prong approach has been taken by Lee County Public Schools to prevent student exposure to inappropriate material or exploitation by strangers. First, the proxy server log is reviewed to determine if any contact has been made with any INTERNET domain that would obviously contain objectionable material. These sites are then added to our inappropriate site list. The inappropriate site list consists of sites found by reviewing the log, sites determined to be inappropriate by a proprietary method of Educational Software, LLC, and sites added by employees of the school system. This list of I/P addresses is then updated on the proxy server to prevent their being accessed from within the school system.

In addition to the above programming initiatives, we insure that everyone signs an inappropriate use contract to ensure compliance to the school system’s inappropriate use policy.

Even with these precautions, it is important to note that there is not any absolute means to ensure complete protection from inappropriate site access by students. Supervision by the teaching staff is the final level of protection.