Huron School District

Inconsistent filtering for on- and off-campus devices

As the district rolled out its 1:1 program, they needed to protect student devices beyond school walls.

Unmanaged devices on the network had the potential to bypass the district’s filtering policies, especially if students weren’t signed into their accounts.

‘False positive’ safety alerts required manual IT oversight and created alert fatigue

With Huron’s prior safety system, searches for academic topics like “Boston Massacre” sometimes triggered the same alerts as actual safety risks.

This led to a flood of false positives.

To ensure no vulnerable student was missed, the IT team manually reviewed every notification for context — taking up valuable time and delaying support for students in need.

Lack of digital visibility for staff and parents

With limited reporting, it was difficult for Huron’s faculty and staff to gauge what students were doing online, identify patterns of concern, and take preventative action.

Parents also expressed frustration over the lack of visibility into their children’s online activity, with school-issued devices being sent home.

The outcome: A proactive student safety culture, and streamlined operations for IT and teachers

Teachers have control in the classroom, without overburdening IT

Classwize allows Huron’s teachers to control what students can access during class in real time.

The IT department can give teachers the ability to block and allow sites in their own classrooms — without impacting district-wide filter policies.

Zick now guides teachers on how to resolve unblock requests themselves. Those who want to restrict content can do so easily, while others can give their students more freedom.

As a result, the IT team has seen a steady decline in the number of requests to block or unblock sites.

Trusted safety alerts, without the clutter of false positives

Linewize Monitor has been an invaluable student safety tool, helping Huron “cut through the noise” and significantly reduce false positives.

Zick notes that Monitor has been particularly helpful in catching student behaviors that don’t fall under the definition of things a school filter would block, but do indicate a risk or a need for support.

“There’s a human component behind it, and you can definitely tell with the alerts that we get,” Zick says.

“We’re able to track and see not only the screenshots of what they were looking at, but also what else they were doing around that time to get the context of everything.”

Parents can easily supervise screen time with Qustodio

The Qustodio Parent App has created a bridge between school and home.

Parents can supervise their child’s screen time at home and pause the internet on school Chromebooks, a feature that Zick notes is particularly useful during the summer months.

This transparency has also improved teacher-parent communication. “If the parent doesn’t have Qustodio set up yet,” Zick adds, “the teacher can easily share a Student Journey report from Classwize to provide a clear picture of their child’s digital activity.”

Digestible reports provide a complete picture of student behavior

Huron can easily give IT, administrators, teachers, and parents the information they need with Linewize reports.

For instance, if a teacher inquiry originates from a Classwize report or a search flagged by Monitor, Zick can use Linewize Filter to generate a deeper search into a student’s historical activity.

This interconnected data ensures that whether it’s for a behavioral incident, mental health concern, or digital safety matter, Huron’s staff has the insights they need to support the whole student.