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Easton Middle School reports fewer disruptions after rolling out phone pouches
Summary
Easton Middle School officials told the Talbot County Board of Education that a phone-pouch program and related practices coincided with a decline in classroom disruptions, from 258 incidents in 2023–24 to 145 this year, though staff said multiple interventions are in place and causation is not claimed.
Miss Clawson, speaking for Easton Middle School, told the Talbot County Board of Education on Nov. 17 that the school has used Yonder pouches since December and is seeing fewer classroom disruptions.
From the first day of school (Aug. 25) through Nov. 12, she said, the school recorded 107 discipline referrals affecting 56 students; none were coded as electronic offenses and seven referrals “involved a phone,” she said. Clawson reported that last school year the district logged 258 disruption incidents compared with 145 so far this year — 113 fewer incidents.
"Teachers are saying kids are far more engaged in the lessons, they're not having to police the phones," Clawson said,…
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