Scenarios from the Workshop on Non-Technical Strategies for Protecting Children…

Scenario 1:

A large urban school district in the Northeast with 200 schools and 20,000 computers. The school district serves a mostly minority population., whose families rarely have access to the Internet. Compute5rs are located in classrooms, computer labs and media centers. Access to the Internet is provided over a wide area network thought a high-speed connection to a local Internet Service Provider.

Scenario 2:

A school district with 10 schools, located in a city where one of the main employers is a state university. Students are middle-class or upper-middle-class, and a majority of their families have Internet access at home. The high schools offer the International Baccalaureate degree and many Advanced Placement classes. Each school is connected to the university's network.

Scenario 3:

A school district with three schools in a conservative town in rural South. The school's access to the Internet is through connections to a state-controlled education network. About a third of the students can assess Internet from home.

Scenario 4:

A public school district includes a special school for at-risk youths. The program promotes peer relationships with teachers and self-directed learning. The school is connected to he Internet thought a local Internet Service Provider.

Scenario 5:

A school district in a small town in the West made headlines last year when it was discovered that a principal had used his school computer to download pornographic images from the Internet. The district is currently reevaluating its options for connecting to the Internet.