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Public commenter urges local solutions for student cellphones as board debates pending state rules
Summary
A community member urged classroom-level approaches (phone boxes) and warned that proposed state cellphone legislation could lead to unintended criminalization; board members expressed divided views about whether the issue should be addressed locally or by uniform state policy.
A member of the public urged the Fox Chapel Area School District to pursue classroom-level approaches to cellphones and expressed concern about pending state legislation.
During the second public-comment period, Mrs. Glick told the board she supports local classroom solutions such as a box where students deposit phones at class start and expressed worry that the proposed state law…
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