"TelePresence" by Michael A. Burstein

A story that starts off with an interesting premise but does not quite deliver. In a future where schools are conducted via virtual reality, students suddenly begin dying. To solve the crimes, which may derail the introduction of such virtual schools nationwide in the US, the pricipal has to figure out who is doing the killing and why. In the end, the story is more about how it feels to be in the virtual reality environment than about catching the criminal.

• Read from Analog SF, July-August 2005 issue