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tbabcock@timesrepublican.com T-R PHOTO BY LANA BRADSTREAM The Marshalltown Community School District is monitoring activity on school-issued Chromebooks, whether at home or in the buildings. Some parents have sought restriction of certain programs, such as Google Chat. Near the beginning of the spring semester, parents of a Miller Middle School seventh grader were notified their daughter was taken to the office for her bag to be searched for a firearm. The student messaged a friend through Google Chat — a communication feature on the school-issued Chromebooks — to say she had a gun. Dir...
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