Since laptop programs extend instruction beyond the campus, it is then a must for schools to try a variety of solutions to protect their machines--and their users. Combining high-tech safeguards with face-to-face user education is a must for schools whose laptop programs allow students to take the computers off-site. For a cautionary tale on the consequences of rolling out a take-home laptop program without any regard to security, talk to Lloyd Brown, director of technology at Henrico County Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia. Brown saw a failure to plan for the mischievous browsing of student users threaten his district's 1-to-1 effort in its first year out of the chute. Brown states that today the district protects its laptops on- and off-site with an "image management control" plan. The IT team at Battle Ground Academy, a private K-12 school in Franklin, Tennessee, takes similar measures to protect its take-home laptops, using Sophos antivirus software to prevent unauthorized apps from running. At North Daviess Community Schools in Elnora, Indiana, parental education is also a high priority of the 1-to-1 program. A Parents Night is held early in the year, where Technology and Curriculum Coordinator Todd Whitlock and other staff explain the workings of the laptops--their maintenance and care, their capabilities, and what students are allowed to do on them.