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School District Apologizes for Internet FlapWinter, Wis., high school junior Burklin Nielsen received a letter of apology from the former principal March 30 admitting she should have been allowed to access Internet sites about witchcraft, Buddhism, and feminist literature in an after school computer center last year. Former principal and now district administrator Edward Sheridan wrote: "I recognize that the school district should have allowed her the right to access such information and I regret having taken steps to prevent her from doing so." The letter also said students using the joint-use computer lab after hours would be treated as other members of the public, according to the April 1 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Burklin's battle captured national headlines last year when the school board instituted a policy barring Internet users from visiting Web sites containing "controversial materials" without defining "controversial" and leaving library staffers to make judgment calls about content. Posted April 5, 1999. |
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