On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Santiago, Nicholas wrote:
We spun this one round-and-round, Paul Nelson ended up creating the winning choice:
http://filter.mesd.k12.or.us/filter.php
The theory is that the student must have _mistyped_ the URL or search term, we redirect them to a page full of education-releated links to help them correct their mistake. This is a much less confrontational style, we don't want to discourage students who make honest/accidental mistakes.
Of course everything is logged to the hilt, so it is easy to pick out the real offenders.
You will also note that there is no contact information on our block page. That also was at the request of our schools, they want users to report all problems to the the local teachers/techs (who are trained on who to contact up-stream). This allows each district to handle complaints, whether it be missed "bad" sites or censorship issues, in the way they see fit (including handing it off to the ESD).
-Eric