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Resident urges Twin Valley to adopt bell-to-bell cell phone ban during school day
Summary
Donna Larson, a district resident and former Twin Valley high school guidance counselor, asked the board during public comment to ban student cell phones during the school day, citing research and classroom observations about distraction and social-media harms.
Donna Larson, a Twin Valley resident and former high school guidance counselor, urged the Twin Valley School Board during public comment on Sept. 15 to adopt a bell-to-bell ban on student cell phones so students could "only access their phones before or after school." Larson said she volunteers with Twin Valley and that the district has been a local trendsetter in the past.
Larson cited examples of recent…
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