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Middle school students, staff spotlight programs and praise new no-devices rule
Summary
Students and staff from Steamboat Springs Middle School described academic and social programs and told the school board the district's new “no devices” rule has increased engagement and reduced distractions.
Steamboat Springs Middle School students and staff presented program highlights to the Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2 Board of Education on Jan. 13, and several students described how the school’s recently tightened personal-device rule changed daily life.
The presentations, during the board’s reports and communications segment, included a SAFE Club update, leadership-club projects, multilingual student testimonials and student voices on the district’s revised device policy. Board members and district leaders said the student accounts offered direct evidence of the policy’s effects in classrooms and common areas.
Student presenters described club activities, school projects and the effects of removing personal devices from student pockets and classrooms. “I think it makes us more interested in other people and what they're doing in their lives,” said Piper Keenan,…
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