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Sewanhaka board hears cell‑phone committee findings; committee recommends further study and stakeholder outreach
Summary
A district committee presented research linking student cell‑phone use to classroom disruption and mental‑health concerns and outlined next steps including student input Feb. 6, a parent forum and classroom education; no policy vote was taken.
The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education on Jan. 28 heard an update from a newly formed cell‑phone committee that recommended further study, student and parent engagement, and classroom education before proposing any formal policy change.
District psychologists who led the committee said research and teacher reports indicated cell phones are interfering with instruction and student social and emotional development.
Dr. Jason Teague, school psychologist and co‑chair of the committee, told the board that the group — made up of teachers, administrators and clinicians from all five district high schools — examined research on…
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