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Westborough working group recommends bell-to-bell device-free schools for middle and high school
Summary
A district working group recommended a bell-to-bell device-free environment for middle and high schools starting next fall, citing research on distraction and preliminary parent-survey support; the district plans parent nights, handbook revisions, medical exemptions and procurement of pouches for implementation.
The School Committee received a recommendation from its cell-phone/device working group to implement a bell-to-bell device-free environment in Westborough’s middle and high schools beginning next fall.
"The working group is recommending a bell-to-bell phone free environment for both the middle and high school starting next fall," the superintendent told the committee, explaining that the policy would require personal devices—phones, smartwatches and earbuds—to be off and out of sight for the school day.
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