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Canyons board directs tighter Chromebook controls after weeks of parent complaints
Summary
After sustained public comment about students accessing explicit material and widespread distraction from school-issued Chromebooks, the Canyons Board of Education directed administration to take immediate technical and policy steps and to form a stakeholder committee to review longer-term changes.
The Canyons Board of Education on March 18 directed district staff to take immediate steps to limit unmonitored Chromebook use after more than a dozen parents and teachers told the board that students can reach inappropriate material and that classroom Chromebooks often enable distraction.
Parents and staff told the board during the meeting’s patron comment period that students at multiple grade levels had reached sexually explicit content, gaming and streaming websites, or used Chromebooks to bypass instruction. Brynn Whitchurch, a parent, said her family had set the district’s highest restriction level but still found pornographic material on school devices. "Even with that highest restriction level, they have been able to access very questionable material on their Chromebooks," Whitchurch said.
Liz Jenkins, a parent active in school groups, urged an allow-list (white list) approach and recommended district-provided parent-monitoring tools such as Bark, Securly…
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