I need to control students

Greetings All,
I was wondering if someone can point me into the right direction. I have a school that needs to really lock down iMacs, iBooks and MacBooks (Ethernet and wireless). The clients are all on at least some flavor of 10.4.x, and I'm currently running OS X Server 10.4.10 but could upgrade to Leopard if need be.
My goal is for the kiddies to not modify any settings that I don't want them to - trashing apps, playing with system preferences, modifying the dock, etc. I've read up on NetBoot and Netinstall, disk images, etc., but I'm not sure if I'm going in the right direction, or even how to begin.
The students currently log into the server and mount some shares, save their work, etc. My solution should be server based, correct? But where to begin?
Thanks in advance,
-andy-

John,
Two things. First is an application called Passenger. This application will make your life SO much easier when adding users to your ODM. It will import users/passwords from csv, etc. You can also control which groups users are added to when they're imported as well as how their names show up in the server.
The second, if you want to control applications for users, copy WGM onto a client comptuer, and add the applications that you want to manage using WGM on a client machine. This is the easiest way to make sure that the applications that you want to manage are managed. Working at Westside High School, we have a wee bit of experience using OS X Server for managing clients. We are currently looking forward to the Leopard update, but cannot proceed due to a glitch in the management. If you are on a Leopard client, managed by Leopard Server, turn off your airport, log out, then log back in. Your managed preferences will vanish before your eyes. If you need any help, I would suggest contacting a representative from a 1 to 1 and see if your school will allow you to travel to one for pointers. That is probably the best way to learn the best tricks for management. If not, we're always on the discussions.

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