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A parent in the Encinitas Union School District is asking school board officials to increase its measures to block inappropriate content from iPads issued to students from the district. Courtesy photo
EUSD parent calls for RANCHO further porn protections SFNEWS on district-issued iPads
The brain trust Competitors at the Southern California FIRST Robotics Competition share tips on different ways to employ components and design ideas. The event was held this past weekend at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. More photos on page A12. Photo by Pat Cubel
ACA, immigration, border wall part of Issa town hall By Ruarri Serpa
OCEANSIDE — For over two hours, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) fielded questions from a largely contentious crowd at a town hall in Oceanside on Saturday morning. Questions centered around reforming the Affordable Care Act, with many people demanding direct answers from Issa about his position on the proposed Republican legislation to repeal the healthcare bill and replace it. “If the Congressional Budget Office says that costs will go up, and less TURN TO ISSA ON A14
Congressman Darrell Issa holds two town hall events on Saturday in Oceanside. Photo by Pat Cubel
By Aaron Burgin
ENCINITAS — Two years after the Encinitas Union School District installed filters on student iPads to restrict access to inappropriate content, at least one parent says pornography is still a problem on the machines. Max Moore, who has two sons that attend La Costa Heights Elementary School, said his thirdgrade son was exposed to an inappropriate image when searching Google for an image of a popular cartoon character. The incident prompted Moore to contact school administrators, school board members and District Superintendent Tim Baird, calling on the district to do more to limit the potential for students to be exposed to such images — including suggesting that the district eliminate internet access from iPads.
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“I don’t think my third grader needs to have access to the open net, even with a filter on it,” Moore said, challenging the district to prove if the need for the internet outweighs the risk of child exposure to pornography. “If the benefit isn’t greater than the risk, I just don’t see why we should have it.” The district has about 5,400 iPads, which were purchased after voters in 2010 approved Proposition P, a $44.2 million bond measure the district said would be used to acquire, construct, upgrade and equip school facilities. In 2012, the school district launched its iPad program, equipping each third- through sixth-grade student with a device. Since then, this district has put iPads into the hands of all of its 5,400 students, at a cost of $2.7 TURN TO IPADS ON A15
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