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Goshen school district committee outlines plan to implement state "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban
Summary
A district committee that included teachers and students developed a cell-phone policy to comply with a new state law banning internet-capable devices during the school day; administrators said the plan divides rules by level, allows statutory exemptions and will require an adjustment period.
GOSHEN, N.Y. — A district committee convened this spring to draft a Goshen Central School District policy to comply with New York’s new “bell-to-bell” ban on internet-capable devices and recommended a plan that separates elementary and secondary rules while preserving statutory exemptions.
Interim Superintendent Tom Panchovy told the Board of Education the committee’s work will guide the schoolwide rollout and that the district will publish details for families before the 2025–26 school year. “We’re gonna need everyone on board with this. This is now a law,” Panchovy said, stressing that the administration aims to implement the law without “playing a game of cat and mouse” over confiscations.
Committee members and teachers who presented the draft described a two-tier approach…
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