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Talbot County middle school reports fewer disruptions after 10 months of Yondr phone pouches
Summary
Easton Middle School staff told the Talbot County Board of Education that 10 months of Yondr pouch use coincided with fewer classroom disruptions and social-media investigations; district leaders said more comparative and academic-tracking data are needed before scaling the program.
Miss Clawson, principal at Easton Middle School, told the Talbot County Board of Education that the school has used Yondr phone pouches for about 10 months and is seeing tangible discipline changes. "From the first day of school, August 25 through November 12 ... there were so far 107 discipline referrals," she said, adding that those referrals represented 56 students and "0 of them were electronic offenses." She said seven referrals involved a phone but were coded under other disruption categories.
Why it matters: The board pressed for evidence that the pouches alone drove the change. Clawson said reductions in disruption and time spent investigating social-media incidents have allowed…
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