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Residents urge action on student cell-phone policies and raise concerns about Challenge Day facilitators
Summary
Multiple residents spoke during public comment asking the board about privacy and oversight for SEL activities, urging district support for a 'Wait Until 8th' effort and questioning qualifications of outside facilitators for Challenge Day.
During public comment at the Jan. 16 Summit Board of Education meeting several residents raised two recurring themes: (1) concerns about student privacy and facilitator qualifications in social-emotional learning programming such as Challenge Day, and (2) community interest in limiting student smartphone use in schools.
Rob Devries of 153 Maple Street asked about data privacy and protocols for students who disclose private family information during SEL activities. "What type of protocols are in place to protect families if and when students share obvious private family information with a teacher or group of other students?" he asked. The board said staff would follow up with details.
Several parents and community members…
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