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District committee recommends stricter student device rules for elementary and middle schools
Summary
Temple ISD School Health Advisory Committee recommends banning smart devices during the school day for elementary students, stricter middle-school rules and classroom cell-phone lockers at high school; implementation would include communications to families and progressive discipline.
Temple ISD’s School Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) recommended changes to the district’s approach to student smart devices that would limit device use during the school day and add education and enforcement components, district staff reported April 14.
The committee recommended that elementary students not be permitted to use smart devices from the time they enter school until they leave, a definition the committee described as “the school day.” For middle school, the committee recommended devices be turned off…
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