How to make a mini mac server work on multiple workstations

I would like to purchase the mini mac server for my 3 boys and set up 3 different workstations (monitor, keyboard, mouse) for each kids.
Can you do this? If so how???

What you are describing is how mini-computers were setup forty or so years ago, and what users were gleefully glad to get rid of when true micro-computers came on the market in the 1970s. In those days the processor and RAM memory were, by far, the most expensive parts of the system costing literally thousands of times more than the keyboards and monitors.
Today the cost of the processor/RAM/Storage have fallen to the point the monitor may be the biggest contributor to total system cost. For example a typical $800 Mac mini coupled to a $1,000 27" Thunderbolt display. The class of system you describe is still around and in use, but generally at a total system cost in the $100,000 range. To make what you are describing work you would need, at a minimum...
A wired or wireless network
One dedicated Mac mini server with installed server application (no mouse, keyboard, or monitor needed)
Three work stations each consisting of an iMac or a Powerbook, or...
one Mac mini
one keyboards
one mouse or trackpad
one monitor
arguably substantial understanding and/or knowledge of the Server application
A recommended alternative would be just the network and three work stations, each operating as a stand alone work station. There isn't room here and I don't have the time to go into all the various combinations and the pros and cons of each, but the recommended alternative would end up costing roughly $1,000 less simply be eliminating the server. It would also be a bit more straightforward to administer.

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Thanks for jumping on this.
All clear and understood about where publc_html is etc.
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