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Fayetteville schools keep device limits, expand student pouch program for spring 2025
Summary
District administrators told the school board the spring 2025 plan keeps in-school device restrictions—K–4 no access, 5–6 pouch use, 7–12 no access during instruction—and expands training after staff feedback and reported declines in major disciplinary referrals.
The Fayetteville Public Schools administration told the board in December that it will keep and refine its device-restriction procedures for spring 2025, maintaining a districtwide limit on student phone use and expanding use of student pouches in secondary grades.
An academic presenter said the district’s spring plan will: prohibit device access during the school day in K–4 schools (students secure devices in backpacks); require pouch use in grades 5–6 as progressive discipline; and maintain no access during instructional time for grades 7–12 while rolling out additional training and pouch equipment for teachers. The presenter said training of staff and students has…
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