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Board proposes K–8 device ban in handbooks, reviews draft remote‑learning plan

Caswell County Schools Board · January 13, 2026
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The board reviewed proposed handbook language to prohibit devices for K–8 during instructional hours beginning second semester (Jan. 22) and examined a draft remote-learning plan that would require certified staff to document 7.5 hours of availability on remote days.

Caswell County Schools trustees on Jan. 22 reviewed proposed handbook changes that would place an existing district device policy into individual school handbooks and considered a draft remote-learning plan the board had requested.

Speaker 3 told the board the policy language from policy 4.318 would be inserted into both elementary and middle-school handbooks and reminded trustees that the board previously voted for K–8 students to be without devices during…

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