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Board proposes community meetings on student cell-phone and social-media use; members debate purpose and scope
Summary
USD 383 board members proposed a series of community conversations to share research about adolescent device use and social media. Members debated whether the meetings are educational outreach, a precursor to policy change, or an overreach by the board.
Board members in Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 discussed a proposal to hold community meetings about student cell-phone and social-media use, intended to inform parents about research on adolescent device use and ask for community input.
Board member Katie (first name used in discussion) and colleagues presented a plan for roughly six one-hour meetings at area schools or community sites between spring break and April, plus a short (15-minute) presentation and handout drawing heavily on the research summarized in The Anxious Generation and the state task-force findings. The stated intent is educational: to explain why board members and some educators are concerned about how personal…
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