Many schools are realizing the "horse is out of the barn," in terms of social networking and kids, Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent Charles Sampson told the Asbury Park Press. "To try to pretend otherwise would be foolish on our part," he said. His district recently went from banning social media in the classroom to encouraging it as a learning tool. "Now the context becomes, how do we embrace it? How do we most effectively utilize it?" Sampson said.