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Students and parents press district over phone "pouches," alleged staff conduct and safety concerns
Summary
Multiple students and parents told the Montoursville Area School District board that the new phone-pouch policy and its rollout have caused anxiety, disciplinary actions and, in at least one case, an allegation that the superintendent forwarded a parent's email to the parent's employer; administration defended the policy as part of an effort to create cell-phone-free schools.
Several students and parents used the board's Jan. 14 public-comment period to criticize the district's recently implemented phone-pouch policy and to raise related complaints about staff conduct and implementation.
Haley Weaver, who identified herself as an eighth-grade student, said she had experienced years of what she described as staff bullying and that, after her father emailed the superintendent, "the superintendent ended up emailing the owner of the company my dad worked for." Weaver said the forwarding of that email caused worry about her father's job and described teachers' conduct as adding to her anxiety at school.
Julia Mathis, who said…
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