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Parent urges Richland 2 to study classroom technology impacts
Summary
Parent Louis Carter told the board that while he supports technology access, the district should study its effects on attention, reading comprehension, handwriting and social development before further changes are made.
Louis Carter, a parent of a seventh grader at Denton Middle School, addressed the board during public participation to urge a districtwide review of classroom technology outcomes.
Carter praised the district’s progress closing the digital divide but said the next step should be an evaluation of outcomes. "Now that we have the technology, is it doing what we thought it would do? Have we taken the time to really study the impacts and effects of technology utilization in our classrooms?" he asked. He cited concerns about attention, reading comprehension and decreased handwriting and asked the district to report back on learning outcomes tied to technology use.
Board members later noted that "student screen time" appears on the draft agenda for the Aug. 25 work session. The superintendent said staff can collect information about interventions, referrals and training tied to Lightspeed alerts and vaping incidents so the board can evaluate resource and policy responses.
Why it matters: The comment connects parent concerns to a forthcoming agenda item and to district safety-monitoring data (Lightspeed), and it signals demand for outcome data that could inform policy or funding decisions.
