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Parents urge Sioux Falls board to ban cell phones; another speaker calls for removal of DEI policies
Summary
Two members of the public urged the Sioux Falls School District board to adopt a bell-to-bell cell phone ban and to remove DEI policies; neither request prompted board action during the meeting.
Two members of the public used the district’s nonagenda comment period to press the Sioux Falls School District board on separate issues: one urged a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in classrooms, and another urged the board to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language and policies from district materials.
Robin Shores Foster, a parent and clinical social worker, told the board she supported a bell-to-bell ban on student cell phones so students would be less distracted and better able to focus in class. “If you are looking at your cell phone or your cell phone is pinging or buzzing in your backpack, then it’s going to be hard to pay attention to…
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