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Fairport students and staff report early benefits from state-mandated all-day phone policy; board adds executive session to agenda
Summary
Students and administrators presented survey data saying the district's "often away" all-day cell phone policy has coincided with higher classroom engagement and more positive student interactions; the board amended the agenda to move curriculum discussion and added an executive session on bargaining and personnel.
At a Fairport Central School District board workshop, student presenters and administrators described early indications that the state's all-day "often away" cell phone law is changing classroom behavior and school routines.
Maddie Power, a student presenter, and Paige May Wilson, a senior at Fairport High School, told the board they surveyed students, teachers and administrators in grades 9—2 and focused on three areas: learning environment, student interactions, and school management. "We've seen more focus in class," Power said, summarizing teacher feedback that the district's approach has increased classroom engagement. "It's created a positive cycle of productive workdays for me," Paige said of the six-hour break from phones.
The presenters reported that…
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