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School Board Journal
July/August 1996

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IASB Publications
2921 Baker Drive
Springfield 62703
217/528-9688, extension 1131

• Upgrade for the future: Your schools can provide computer-powered education/ROBERT T. MALITO--You don’t have to be rich to provide up to date technology for students, but you do have to have a plan.

• Managing your new "mailbox": Public access to e-mail/TERRENCE M. BARNICLE, SCOTT F. UHLER--Do you like the convenience of communicating by e-mail? Here are some legal issues of which you need to be aware.

• Wonders of technology/GARY ADKINS--The fifth annual demonstration of TECH 2000 showed lawmakers and other visitors how technology enhances teaching and learning in our schools.

• Privacy issues mushroom in student record keeping/ELLIE ASHFORD--Do electronic records jeopardize student privacy? In some cases, electronic transfers of information may be more private than traditional methods.

• The politics of a school bond issue: Don’t rely on invalid myths/FRANK W. LUTZ, ROBERT W. FIELDS--Some of what we "know" about passing bond issues may be all wrong. The authors offer some updated advice.

• How to write an athletic code that stands up in court/MICHAEL L. KISER, MELINDA L. SELBEE--Student athletes may not accept discipline quietly: two attorneys tell how to create a code that will stand up to legal challenge.

• On the stump/Caught in the Net/PETER WEBER

• Stateside/Academic standards project released for public comment/JOSEPH A. SPAGNOLO

• From the Boiler Room/DAVID CARR, RICHARD W. SMELTER