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Albany BOE outlines roll-out of state-mandated device-free schools, cites translation costs and logistics
Summary
Superintendent Halkreiter described a summer pilot using Yonder pouches and pledged follow-up reports on LanguageLine usage and possible text-translation tools; board members pressed for plans to avoid morning bottlenecks and clarity on costs for multilingual access.
Superintendent Halkreiter told the Albany City School District Board of Education that the district has piloted the state-required device-free policy in secondary summer programs and will provide Yonder pouches to students on arrival, collect them at the end of the day and differentiate pouches for approved student needs. She said the pilot informed a change from students taking pouches home to picking them up each morning to reduce forgetfulness and anxiety. "The pouches are washable," Halkreiter said, "and we have the opportunity to wash them every so often, and let's just eliminate any sort of…
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