My position on the issue is that there should be specific timeframes or guidelines students and/or parents and/or teachers can follow if they want to gain access to school computers during non-instructional time.  For example, there should be a teacher on duty an hour after school (paid) to supervise the computer lab in order for families to come in and use computers if they need to.  Again, this would only be in certain schools that really need this. Another option is to allow teachers and students to work together during lunch or recess in computer labs so that they can get the assignment done.  The student should have some time to work on the assignment using a computer at a time that is convenient to him/her and  their family.