Follow Lee County schools on Twitter, but not during school news-press.com The News-Press:
"Lee County is among a growing number of school systems that have said no to social networking. Lee argues they can be a source for sexual predators, fraud and viruses, and the district doesn’t want students or staff communicating with unknown third parties during the school day.
“We have to weigh the beneficial uses of such resources against the negative, inappropriate use of such resources,” said Joe Donzelli, Lee’s director of communications. “Right now, the pros do not outweigh the cons.”
Federal law requires Lee schools to block offensive content, such as pornography and adult dating sites. Lee contracts with California-based M86 to filter Web sites by general categories, not by specific Web sites."
"Lee County is among a growing number of school systems that have said no to social networking. Lee argues they can be a source for sexual predators, fraud and viruses, and the district doesn’t want students or staff communicating with unknown third parties during the school day.
“We have to weigh the beneficial uses of such resources against the negative, inappropriate use of such resources,” said Joe Donzelli, Lee’s director of communications. “Right now, the pros do not outweigh the cons.”
Federal law requires Lee schools to block offensive content, such as pornography and adult dating sites. Lee contracts with California-based M86 to filter Web sites by general categories, not by specific Web sites."
