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Board approves phone-pouch program for middle schools; high school expansion fails
Summary
After extended discussion, the board authorized phone-pouch storage programs for both Easton Middle School and St. Michael's Middle School for the coming year but voted down an amendment to add both high schools. Members asked for a follow-up with data points the board would like tracked.
The Talbot County Board of Education voted Wednesday to continue and expand a phone-pouch program for middle-school students, extending a program already used at Easton Middle School to St. Michael's Middle School. An amendment to extend the pouches to both high schools failed in a roll-call vote.
Program details: Board materials and staff said pouches cost roughly $27 each; staff estimated the total cost to expand middle-school…
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