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Marple Newtown high-school leaders propose device-free instructional policy for fall 2025
Summary
A district committee proposed a building-wide device-free instructional policy to limit student personal electronic device use during class, with proposed implementation in fall 2025 and procedures under development to manage noncompliance and parental access concerns.
School leaders told the board Wednesday they plan to implement a device-free instructional policy for the secondary school beginning in fall 2025, limiting personal electronic devices to noninstructional times such as passing periods and lunch and requiring teachers to designate secure storage during class time.
John Bell, a district staff member who said he sees roughly 1,200 students daily, described the committee’s work and the motivation for the proposal: “I was in a class last year, and I was watching the class from behind. This student had no idea that I was there, and I was in there…
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