Conference 7.286::maynard

Here are a few addresses you can use:


             [email protected]   --  Comments on WAVM
 [email protected]   --  Our "viewer hotline"

          [email protected]   --  Superintendent of Schools



I will post a more comprehensive list within a week or two.


Please send any suggestion to me here at Digital or (preferably):

    [email protected]



- dave

    Dave, this is great news.  The connection will be useful for students
    and faculty, as a resource for information, and to encourage them to
    join in the World culture of the Internet. 

    I've already sent mail to my daughter and to Dr. Kennedy.  

    -Steve

    Dave - I successfully sent a message to my son's teacher at Fowler
    Middle School.  My son said that when they typed REPLY to respond to
    the message they got some sort of error message and were not able to
    send a response.
    
    If the teachers/students want to send a mail message to someone on the
    Internet, what is the format of the mail address?

    More on .3
    
    Dave - I had the opportunity to be at Fowler School today (it was
    Parents Day) and saw my son's teacher.  When she tries to reply to the
    mail message I sent she gets the following message...
    
    MX-E-NOACCESS, You are not authorized to send mail using MX
    
    How can teachers become "authorized" to send mail via MX.  I assume
    that this is a message router.
    
    Thanks

The Internet mail access is currently not wide open.    Teachers who want
to use it should contact the system administrators (Pat Hebert and Judy Wing)
for access.  Student access is still up in the air.

There are good reasons for this, but there are relatively easy ways to "get on
the net".

Here is the basic set of ideas around restriction:


  o The school system has not established a set of policies governing the use
    of the Internet -- for both teachers and students.

  o The school system has not yet established any formal training mechanisms
    for use of the Internet -- for both teachers and students.


Because of point #1, the system isn't (currently) wide open.   The restrictions
make sure that the people who do have access understand what the "rules of the
road" are -- even though they aren't all written down yet.

Point #2 keeps the school user population from becoming a nuisance and
administrative personpower sink.


At this writing about a dozen or so teachers have outbound access.  This list is
growing every day.   I do not know how the information or procedures regarding
access is being disseminated within the school system.   I just point them
at the right people (above).

A few students have access.  I (currently) demand only two things for students to
allow outbound access:  1. They have a reason for using the Internet; and 2. They
have a "sponsor" that will assure that the student is using the Internet
appropriately.  The sponsor is anyone who I feel knows a bit about Internet
etiquette and the acceptable use policies of the Internet.


Anyone in Digital who would like to exchange mail with their children via the
Internet can send me mail, preferably at the school ([email protected])
and I'll enable Internet access for the student with the understanding that you
are the sponsor.


It is my sincere hope that within a couple of months all this gibberish will be
gone and there will be no hoops to jump through -- which is as it should be.


- dave


p.s.  The 10 second lesson for sending mail from the school to the Internet
is:

   mail> send
   To: mx%"user@host"

  
The address must be in quotes and preceded by the mx% symbol -- which identifies
it as an Internet address.    Replies work great too.


p.p.s.  The current connectivity makes the Internet access good for daily
exchanges, but do not expect that messages sent will arrive in a matter of minutes
or hours.  There are delivery windows for mail (both inbound and outbound).

    FYI, Sunday Globe (April 21, 1996) Real Estate Section:
    
    Very nice article about how people choose to live in a community 
    based on the quality of education in that community.  Maynard was
    pointed out for the low median home price compared to neighboring
    towns as well as the high $$$ per student that Maynard spends on
    education, which has resulted in high academic achievements.
    
    I think back to just a few years ago when the people of Maynard
    decided that if we were to have our own school system, we would 
    make it the BEST school system that we could.  That message was 
    made loud and clear at several town meetings and the Globe article 
    proved that, while we may be paying for it in taxes, we really are 
    getting both what we asked for as well as what we're paying for.
    
    A round of applause to the School Committee, School Department Staff
    and Administration and, of course, the students themselves!
    
    Frank