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Parents urge Jenkintown board to adopt research-based, building-specific personal device policies; board schedules further review
Summary
At its February meeting the Jenkintown School Board heard multiple parents and teachers urging research-backed, collaborative personal device policies; the policy is at first reading and the board signaled a possible March second reading after task‑force input.
Jenkintown — Parents, teachers and students urged the School District of Jenkintown on Tuesday to move toward research‑based, building‑level personal device policies that are developed with significant input from parents, teachers and students.
During the board’s public comment period on agenda items, multiple speakers — several self‑identified as parents — said unrestricted personal device use is disrupting classrooms and urged the district to form a collaborative task force to craft…
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