RE: Hello all (fwd)

["Culp, David" <CulpD@cfbisd.edu>]

> > A complete web interface could be made using cgi or Java which would
> allow
> > parents to connect and see thier students grades etc....
> 
	>>This would be nice, but of course there are serious security
concerns. A
	>>new colleague of mine who taught previously at a different school
was
	>>telling me a few days ago about a system they had at their school
for
	>>doing this. I didn't ask, but assumed that it was commercial. It
allowed
	>>parents to view grades and even sent emails to parents if a
student's
	>>grade dropped below a certain threshhold.

	Yes, security would be a big issue.  The web server would have to be
SSL enabled and I envision parents being allowed to sign up for the service
if they wish.  I wanted to implement this idea at the school I student
taught with along with my cooperating teacher.  It would have been on a
smaller scale with only the grades for our class.  It would have been easy
as the districts server was some flavor of UNIX.  However, the school said
no way for the reason of security. 

Dave