"BESS" is not administered by the Bethel School District. It's all handled by a company called N2H2 (don't ask what it stands for-I don't know)
We don't say what is or isn't blocked, all we do is put the servers in place as proxies, and tell them which IPs can use the service. That way, we are removed of all liability, both for the sites that should be blocked, but aren't, and for the sites that are blocked but shouldn't be. It's all handled by N2H2.

One thing you should realize: ALL internet traffic in the district can be monitored. ALL requests for blocked info ARE monitored and to some extent investigated, depending on the seriousness of the material. Any time you log on to a windows machine, that is logged. Any time you request blocked info, that is logged. The two can be, and are, cross-refferenced. Big Brother is watching in this district.