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Penncrest board hears students and teachers on phone, YouTube and book-bag rules; administration to bring book‑bag recommendation to October vote
Summary
Student representatives and the Penncrest teachers’ association urged the board to balance safety and classroom needs as administrators recommended a policy requiring backpacks and similar bags be stored in lockers; board members debated metal-detector checks, clear-bag costs and locker access.
Ella Murrant, the Cambridge Springs student representative, and Debbie Miller, president of the Penncrest Teachers and Professionals Association (PAEA), urged the Penncrest School District board on Oct. 14 to consider the educational and practical effects of recent device and bag restrictions.
Murrant told the board the school’s recent cell‑phone and YouTube restrictions have reduced visible phone use and helped classroom communication, but she said the YouTube ban is “very disappointing” because teachers and students use educational and exercise videos in class. “So please reconsider and put YouTube back on the iPads,” she said. Murrant also described problems for the high‑school yearbook program, which had relied on student phone photos, and argued that blanket site bans had unintended learning costs.
Debbie Miller, PAEA president, framed the new phone…
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