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Board refers device-use guardrails and off-site filtering to policy committee after tech-refresh discussion
Summary
After a months-long technology refresh and community feedback, the Farmington School Board agreed to refer development of device-use guardrails, managed Apple IDs and off-site filtering options to the policy committee for draft policy and procedures.
Farmington School Board members discussed follow-up steps after approving a district technology refresh, focusing on acceptable-use language, device take-home rules and off-site filtering for iPads and MacBooks.
Board Chair Christensen opened the topic and said the earlier decision kept the 1:1 device ratio but that the current conversation should address practices and policy to mitigate concerns about use outside school buildings. "If the issue is about kids having access to technology, for me the answer is I don't think it's necessarily the right thing to put all of the ownership of those issues into the classroom," Chair…
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