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Talbot County school board hears positive results from Yondr phone-pouch pilot at Easton Middle School
Summary
Easton Middle School administrators told the Talbot County Board of Education that a December pilot of Yondr phone pouches reduced in-school phone incidents, improved classroom focus and eased disciplinary encounters; administrators recommended continuing the pilot and noted equity and magnet-vulnerability questions remain.
Kelly Murdock, principal of Easton Middle School, told the Talbot County Board of Education on March 19 that a district pilot of Yondr phone pouches, launched Dec. 2, has reduced in-school phone incidents and improved classroom focus.
The pilot assigns every student a lockable Yondr pouch that students keep in their iPad case during the day, Murdock said. Students unlock the pouches at staggered dismissal using mounted magnets or cart-based units. Murdock described a progressive-discipline approach: first offenses result in end-of-day pick-up, repeat offenses require parent pick-up and may include office discipline referrals and temporary placement in a “checkmate in” room; repeated…
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