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Springfield 186 teachers urge stronger limits on student devices; board reports drop in confiscations
Summary
Two teachers urged District 186 to stop sending devices home for K–8 and to adopt a bell‑to‑bell phone ban; staff data presented to the board shows reported confiscations fell sharply after this year’s stricter policy.
Two Springfield 186 teachers urged the Board of Education on Monday to tighten classroom technology rules, with one asking the district to stop sending Chromebooks home for kindergarten through eighth grade and the other urging a districtwide bell‑to‑bell ban on cellphones.
The comments came during the superintendent’s invited presentation time and a public‑comment segment, where teachers Melissa Hostetter and Monique Davis presented research, teacher survey results and policy options to reduce in‑class screen time and related harms.
Hostetter, a science teacher at Franklin Middle School, told the board, “I do not believe we need to send devices home with students in kindergarten through eighth grade.” She said classroom devices kept in a cart would reduce lost instruction time when students forget devices, bring dead…
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