The contract was modified from a document made available on the Internet by the California Department of Education. The contract also requires that the student be polite, use appropriate language, and follow privacy guidelines. Students are taught how to exit quickly from inappropriate material they may have stumbled upon on line. The consequences of not following school guidelines include loss of use and service benefiting the technology program. SFDS offers parents monthly hands-on workshops on how to use Internet tools and explore electronic information with their children.
Emphasis is placed on using the computer as a tool to bring people together and share experiences.
Many of the parents who participate have little experience with computers and no experience with on-line services, and through the workshops they become more comfortable learning how to use new technologies. The workshops generate so much enthusiasm that parents who have attended them often become involved in the parent volunteer program of the school's Internet center. When teachers bring their classes to the library to research information or to communicate via e-mail, they are responsible for student supervision. After school, the library is open for students to explore information on their own time. Since the librarian has many responsibilities at this time, additional supervision was needed at the Internet center.