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West Seneca outlines implementation plan for New York 'distraction‑free learning' law; devices to be 'off and away'
Summary
Superintendent Lisa Krueger told the West Seneca Central School District board the district will adopt a policy by Aug. 1 requiring personal devices to be 'off and away' during the school day, with escalating discipline rules, public comment on a revised code of conduct and a scheduled status check Oct. 28.
West Seneca Central School District Superintendent Lisa Krueger told the Board of Education at the reorganizational meeting that the district is preparing a policy to meet New York State’s requirement for a “distraction‑free learning environment” and must have that policy in place by Aug. 1.
Krueger said the district’s stakeholder group — which included teachers, administrators, staff and student groups from West Senior and East Senior — recommended that personal electronic devices be “off and away for the day” at the elementary, middle- and high‑school levels, with an emphasis that elementary families be encouraged not to bring devices at all.
The proposal would make no change to current practice in middle schools, where students already store phones in locked lockers; at high schools the district plans to extend the “off and away for the day” practice. Krueger…
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