The district finally pulled the latest update and our connection speeds are back to normal. It has been a long and draining fight but staying persistent actually forced a change. Keep an eye on your devices to make sure this stays fixed.
October 11, 2017
Final supporters
After forcing Iboss onto every D211 iPad, we have been unable to use them in the productive manner they were intended to be used for. We have experienced a sudden drop in our internet speed. These iPads were given to us as a tool for education. This change has made it impossible to use the iPads in this way. We require a stable and speedy internet connection to download documents off of Schoology and then uploading them and the VPN has been proved to throttle our internet speed to 4/5mbs. We also use our iPads as vital communication tools between our teachers and peers. We also use browser based tools like MathXL that already tend to slow with a normal connection. Without a decent connection to the internet, we, the students of District 211, are unable to use these valuable and expensive tools for anything. Please keep the comments non-vulgar and make sure to spread the petition at the school lunch tables and buses. To clarify we are protesting the most recent update to Iboss which filters out random words such as "bueno", "asian", and "The Siege of Quebec". We are not protesting filtering as a whole, just the new update and the internet speeds.
"First they came for the Freshmen, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Freshman
Then they came for the Sophmores, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Sophmore
Then they came for me--and I signed a petition and they reverted it the next day"
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
August 23, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
August 23, 2017
August 21, 2017
The administration is ignoring us because they think this is just a minor complaint. We need to hit one hundred signatures right now to prove that these throttled speeds are making schoolwork impossible for all of us.
286 Comments
How could you possibly roll this out to the entire district without proof that the server could handle thousands of logins at the same time??? It's common sense to always test something before mass rollout.
I am a parent and understand the frustration of the kids as my daughters can no longer can sign on after iboss was added . Schoology wasn't accessible and my.girks couldn't do their homework as it was too slow and kept logging them off and the wifi speed changed after iboss. Too many restrictions.
This iboss system is ridiculous!!! I have homework I have to complete to be able to opt out of finals as a senior that I can't even turn in. Hopefully my teachers will understand the district's detrimental mistake
I have run into all sort of problems due to iboss. Math xl is extremely slow and keeps kicking me out of the site. Overall it has been a huge time waste. I spent more than twice as much time waiting for it to load than actually doing the problem.
For the majority of Friend students, the filter does nothing to prevent distraction. Everyone has a phone that will distract them regardless, so iBoss does absolutely nothing but throttle internet speed and make being on task more difficult.
iBoss is actually a virus meant to restrict internet knowledge. I know because I checked.
take off iboss
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The district finally pulled the latest update and our connection speeds are back to normal. It has been a long and draining fight but staying persistent actually forced a change. Keep an eye on your devices to make sure this stays fixed.
October 11, 2017
Final supporters
After forcing Iboss onto every D211 iPad, we have been unable to use them in the productive manner they were intended to be used for. We have experienced a sudden drop in our internet speed. These iPads were given to us as a tool for education. This change has made it impossible to use the iPads in this way. We require a stable and speedy internet connection to download documents off of Schoology and then uploading them and the VPN has been proved to throttle our internet speed to 4/5mbs. We also use our iPads as vital communication tools between our teachers and peers. We also use browser based tools like MathXL that already tend to slow with a normal connection. Without a decent connection to the internet, we, the students of District 211, are unable to use these valuable and expensive tools for anything. Please keep the comments non-vulgar and make sure to spread the petition at the school lunch tables and buses. To clarify we are protesting the most recent update to Iboss which filters out random words such as "bueno", "asian", and "The Siege of Quebec". We are not protesting filtering as a whole, just the new update and the internet speeds.
"First they came for the Freshmen, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Freshman
Then they came for the Sophmores, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Sophmore
Then they came for me--and I signed a petition and they reverted it the next day"
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
August 23, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
August 23, 2017
August 21, 2017
The administration is ignoring us because they think this is just a minor complaint. We need to hit one hundred signatures right now to prove that these throttled speeds are making schoolwork impossible for all of us.
286 Comments
I have two VERY frustrated students. I have spent more time trying to play tech support than be a parent once they are home and trying to access the Internet. Dial up may be faster than accessing the Internet via iboss!
How could you possibly roll this out to the entire district without proof that the server could handle thousands of logins at the same time??? It's common sense to always test something before mass rollout.
I am a parent and understand the frustration of the kids as my daughters can no longer can sign on after iboss was added . Schoology wasn't accessible and my.girks couldn't do their homework as it was too slow and kept logging them off and the wifi speed changed after iboss. Too many restrictions.
This iboss system is ridiculous!!! I have homework I have to complete to be able to opt out of finals as a senior that I can't even turn in. Hopefully my teachers will understand the district's detrimental mistake
I have run into all sort of problems due to iboss. Math xl is extremely slow and keeps kicking me out of the site. Overall it has been a huge time waste. I spent more than twice as much time waiting for it to load than actually doing the problem.
For the majority of Friend students, the filter does nothing to prevent distraction. Everyone has a phone that will distract them regardless, so iBoss does absolutely nothing but throttle internet speed and make being on task more difficult.
iBoss is actually a virus meant to restrict internet knowledge. I know because I checked.
take off iboss
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I have two VERY frustrated students. I have spent more time trying to play tech support than be a parent once they are home and trying to access the Internet. Dial up may be faster than accessing the Internet via iboss!