Sub's Kafkaesque nighmare gets worse

Earlier we briefly noted the plight of a substitute teacher in Connecticut facing jail time because the spam infested PC in her classroom exposed some of her students to porn. I made light of the story figuring that sanity would prevail. Clearly it was not the teacher's fault.

The story is no joke. She has gone to court and been convicted. Now she really does face jail time. See these articles in the Washington Post or Ars Technica for the low-down.

Sometimes I complain that SFUSD IT policies are too restrictive. My kids tell me they cannot reach many site, including Wikipedia, from school computers. A story like this makes it clear why IT managers would err on the side of safety.