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Burbank parents and teachers press board to curb Chromebook use and form tech policy group
Summary
Parents, teachers and students urged the Burbank Unified School District on April 16 to limit everyday Chromebook use, return to classroom carts and create a community advisory group to shape a new AI and EdTech policy. The board directed staff to form a working group and pursue a technology audit.
Public comment at the Burbank Unified School District Board of Education meeting on April 16 centered on classroom technology, with multiple speakers urging the board to reduce 1:1 Chromebook deployment and insist on more intentional media-literacy instruction.
Jim Fostante, a parent and media-literacy educator, told trustees: "We gave our students EdTech, the devices, but we completely failed to give them TechEd," and proposed a five-point framework and a three-school pilot to teach students how platforms shape attention. Cheryl Sacatelli, representing a petition with about 650 signers, recommended moving from 1:1 devices to classroom…
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