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Cell phone working group weighs 'off‑and‑away', pouches and implementation hurdles for Wayland schools
Summary
Committee members and staff heard a working‑group update March 26 on phone policies. Presenters described neighboring districts' approaches—off‑and‑away, Yonder pouches and pouches/devices—stressed implementation questions and said hard data on academic or social impacts is limited.
The Wayland School Committee on March 26 heard a detailed update from its cell phone working group outlining options for restricting student access to phones and other smart devices during the school day.
Kate, a staff member who presented the group’s findings, said the group invited middle‑school principals from Natick, Wellesley and Newton to describe their policies and implementation experience. The principals described three distinct approaches: “off‑and‑away” storage in homeroom or lockers (Natick), a cautious working‑group approach with pouches being considered (Wellesley), and assigned Yonder pouches (Newton) that…
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