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Oceanside board reviews new state-backed student device policy, opts for locker storage for middle and high schools
Summary
The Oceanside Union Free School District board reviewed a newly required New York State policy on student personal electronic devices and decided locally that students at the middle and high school levels will store devices in lockers; exceptions, enforcement and data collection were the focus of the discussion.
The Oceanside Union Free School District Board of Education on June 11 reviewed a new state-mandated policy that restricts student use of personal electronic devices during the school day and decided that, locally, middle and high school students will store devices in school lockers while elementary students will use cubbies.
Board members and administrators said the new policy, based on state legislation and a model policy from the New York State school boards association, aims to reduce distractions and address student well-being while preserving local discretion on implementation details.
Superintendent Dr. Harrington told the board the legislation requires a storage solution but leaves the specific storage method to districts. "The state requirement is that it need to be in a storage facility of some sort. It becomes the local control as to how to identify what that means," she said. The board decided lockers will be the primary…
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