April 25, 2001
These kids at Wayne City Elementary find out their grades the high-tech way Ð with the click of a mouse.
[Student] "Whenever I get home if I've got homework to do, I do my homework, then if I've got time, I do my grades."
Teachers input their grades into the computer and, with the touch of a button, they're uploaded onto Edline, and kids like Megan Campbell can check their scores at any computer.
[Megan Campbell, student] "It's fun... if you don't get your paper turned in on time, and they are putting the grades on the computer, you can see what you got."
Kids can check their grades here at school, and parents can log on at home to see how their child is doing.
Megan's dad used to call the school and interrupt class to talk with the teachers, but now he can check up on his kids at any time.
[Mr. Campbell, parent] "It just makes it so much easier. You can do this whenever, at any time. It [Edline] is a great program."
And teachers say it makes their jobs easier as well.
[Teacher] "Parents really need to be involved with their students' lives to find out what's going on, if there are any behavior problems, academic problems, they need to know right away, as soon as possible, to get the problem corrected."
And even though the program is new, parents are logging on to keep up-to-date.
[Tom Taylor, Media Specialist] "I've had one comment that this is the first time in all the years their child's been in school they actually know what their child is doing in school."
And some of these "cyber kids" say it just makes their lives easier.
[Megan Campbell, student] "Our parents won't nag us, and call the teachers a lot, and sometimes the teachers get really frustrated."
In Wayne City, Haley Stuart, News 3.