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Students Turn to Social Networking Sites for Info. E-mail, cell phones and social networking sites became invaluable tools Monday as students and school administrators at Virginia Tech frantically tried to communicate with one another after the early-morning shootings on campus. Word of the shootings and a warning to stay inside spread throughout the campus by e-mail and automated voice mails. "A shooting incident occurred … earlier this morning. Police are on the scene and are investigating," the e-mail said, according to Alex Mengel, a student at the school. "The university community is urged to be cautious and contact VT police if you observe anything suspicious or with any information on the case. " Mengel told ABC News that she has been using the social networking site Facebook.com to stay in contact with her friends because "it's hard to get in touch with people by phone.

" There was a major lag in time between that first e-mail at 9:26 a.m. and others that gave students a better idea of the severity. Jeffrey T. Lee County bars teachers from contacting students on social networking sites. Sanford, N.C. — Lee County Schools has adopted a policy prohibiting teachers from communicating with students on public social networking sites and through text messages. Superintendent Jeff Moss said he's heard of too many cases where teachers are accused of becoming sexually involved with students. Ten school employees in central North Carolina have been charged with sexual misconduct with a student since the beginning of 2008. District wants to control teacher-student contact Moss said he believes communicating on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace make the student-teacher relationship less defined. "It's so easy to cross that line. That line gets blurred," he said. The school district is building its own networking site for teachers and students to communicate.

"We are saying communicate in a professional manner," Moss said. "We want people to use their best judgment. "Having that ability to be able to contact or just be able to get in touch with him, that's nice. Blogging thru sms. Gizmo SMS - Send FREE messages to any Mobile Phone.