Mr. Sherpinsky

Computer Use Council Rock School District

Internet Usage

Children's Internet Privacy Act (CIPA)Requires schools to provide an internet filter

for all school district computers. Whether these computers are operated by

staff or students, the filter operates to keep out information that is deemed "inappropriate". 

Practical Operations

Filter  generates a list of inappropriate searches, sites, names, and IP addresses.

Beware!!! Searching in Google otherwise - comes back in this report when it triggers a word that is considered "inappropriate" by the filter software.   

Practical Operations

These words are mostly characterized as relating to weapons, drugs/alcohol, suicide, pornography, obscenity, and abuse.

Every hour a filter report comes out to our IT department and is forwarded to the Principal.

Practical Operations

A Suspicious Search string would look like this on the report:

 IP Address UserName Host Name Site Query String Time10.30.4.228 crsd\1000031 crsd\crn-w355 Google Heroin 1/25/11

10:32AM

Why Does it Matter?

A query appeared in December at an elementary school that read  "Why do parents abuse their children".

Alone, that string may be explainable as a search for a report or assignment - but it could be a red flag to an already concerning situation with a child.  

How Do You Get Access?

Highlights: * Student login names are their

eSchool ids. * H drives are named Last Name +

eSchool id. * Student passwords are the word

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