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Committee updates student-device policy; adds smartwatches and flags teacher-supervision concern
Summary
NHCS policy committee approved forwarding revised student-device policy to the full board, added smartwatches to the definition of wireless devices, and discussed whether requiring teachers to supervise phone use during instruction is realistic.
The New Hanover County Schools policy committee on Sept. 11 voted to send an updated student-device policy to the full board with one specific addition: smartwatches (for example Apple Watch and similar devices) will be included in the policy's definition of wireless communication devices. Staff explained the draft follows recent statutory and model-language…
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