Written by: Melinda Bochner
Thank you to the many members of the community who have shared their thoughts about the proposed cell phone policy. We have read your emails as well as your posts on this blog and Facebook, and we have reviewed your responses to the Accountability survey. While, as always, your opinions vary, the majority of the input we received indicates support for a more restrictive cell phone policy. The most common concern that we heard surrounds students’ access to their cell phones in the case of an emergency. The technology subcommittee presented the policy proposal along with the community feedback to the Steering Committee this spring. The Steering Committee, expressing interest and support for this initiative, plans to move forward with a more restrictive cell phone policy in the fall, though the details of the policy have not been determined. To that end, the Steering Committee welcomes additional community input, intends to seek more feedback from teachers, and will review research to refine the final policy. Steering’s expectation is to finish this review process in the fall semester for implementation in January of 2022. Please feel free to reach out to any SC member if you have questions or further comments. At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, watch for additional information, and to warm-up for the roll-out of the new policy, please encourage your students to keep their cell phones out of sight during the school day. Have a fun-filled, low-tech, mask-free summer! Comments are closed.
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