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Half Moon Bay board hears committee recommendation to limit smartphones during instructional time
Summary
A district committee recommended that smartphones be turned off and put away during instructional minutes, citing Terra Nova's pilot with pouches and mixed survey results; the board asked for a redline policy to appear at the next meeting.
The Half Moon Bay School Board on Monday heard a committee recommendation to limit student smartphone use during instructional time and to encourage school sites to explore a full bell‑to‑bell ban. Vice principal Cesar Vega, who co-led the committee, said the work began last spring and included surveys, site visits and a review of other districts' policies.
"We started in May ... we distributed [the survey] through district means," Vega said, summarizing the committee's outreach. The committee reported strong staff support in four schools for a bell‑to‑bell approach but far less student support: "only 4% of students who responded were in favor of a bell‑to‑bell ban," Vega said.
The committee described Terra Nova High School's pilot using storage pouches (commonly described and…
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