Rural-Based Vermont School Mulls Encroaching Technology.

The New York Times (11/8, Yee, Subscription Publication) reports on the Mountain School in rural Vershire, Vermont, which is in a "remote corner of Vermont where simplicity is valued over technology. ... But that is about to change. The school offers high school juniors, many from elite private institutions in the Northeast, a semester to immerse themselves in nature." However, "This fall, technicians will start laying fiber-optic cable to bring high-speed Internet to the town," which "presents a challenge for the Mountain School: how to regulate the use of smartphones and other devices that serve as a constant distraction for 21st-century teenagers, who are here to engage with the rural setting and with one another."