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Parent urges Bethel Park board to ban middle-school phone use at lunch; trustees discuss mixed policy and next steps
Summary
A parent urged the board to prohibit cell phones at middle-school lunch, arguing the devices interfere with social development; board members discussed the district’s revised policy language, which currently allows phone use in the Independence Middle School cafeteria at lunch, and asked staff to circulate the final handbook language.
A parent used the public-comment period to press the Bethel Park School District Board to prohibit student cell-phone use during the school day — including at middle-school lunch — saying unstructured lunchtime is important for social development and that phones displace face-to-face interaction.
The parent said she had polled local families informally and that a majority supported restricting phones during school hours. She also expressed difficulty locating the revised handbook text…
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