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Board discusses no-phone practices, a phone-pouch grant and next steps for policy review
Summary
During new business and public comment the Mount Olive board and administrators discussed a grant for phone-locking pouches and whether to pursue stricter "bell-to-bell" no-phone policies; administrators recommended further study and a policy-committee discussion.
During the meeting's new business and public-comment periods, a board member raised a proposal to pursue a grant for classroom phone-locking pouches and to consider a "bell-to-bell" no-phone policy.
The board member argued that limiting phone access could reduce distraction and help student mental health, citing research that links heavy social-media use to anxiety and reduced concentration. The speaker did not specify a grant name in the spoken record.
Administrators described current…
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