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Cell‑phone task force recommends maintaining current device policies, offers education and community actions; forum set for May 27
Summary
After a year‑long task force review, the committee received eight recommendations in three categories — policy, education and community — and plans a public panel discussion May 27 at Thurston Middle School to discuss device and social‑media norms.
The Westwood School Committee reviewed recommendations from a year‑long cell‑phone task force at its May 8 meeting and set a community panel for Tuesday, May 27, to discuss device use and social media with families.
The task force presented eight recommendations grouped into policy, education and community actions. Key policy recommendations were to continue enforcing existing school handbook electronic‑device rules across elementary, middle and high schools and to add consistent language in elementary handbooks where needed; to continue collecting and reviewing implementation data; and to ask student activity groups and athletic teams to use approved…
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