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Nantucket schools adopt 'off and away' Yonder pouch rollout; handbooks updated across schools
Summary
The district is rolling out Yonder pouches at middle and high schools to enforce a new "off and away" cell phone policy. Schools updated handbooks to reflect the pouch system, ebike registrations, volunteer processes and other procedural changes; the district is treating AI guidance as guidelines rather than formal policy for now.
Administrators told the School Committee Sept. 2 that the district will roll out a Yonder pouch system for students at middle and high schools to implement the new "off and away" cell-phone policy. "In this case, they're off and away in a pouch that includes the, Apple watches," Adrienne Lombardi, CPS principal, said, describing the pouch as the tool the school will use to keep devices stored during the school day. Lombardi said the district will provide an update on the Yonder system after a few weeks of classroom…
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