Board adopts resolution urging intentional elementary screen use; staff to return with guidelines
Trustee Velasquez's resolution calling for intentional, developmentally appropriate elementary technology use passed after amendments. The board instructed staff to convene a tech advisory council, provide implementation guidelines on Sept. 3 for some items, and research device-based screen-time tracking if feasible.
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The Pasadena Unified School District board voted to adopt a resolution directing the district to develop guidelines that reduce nonessential elementary screen time and to revive a tech advisory council to recommend implementation steps. Trustee Jeremiah Velasquez introduced the policy statement framing technology as an instructional tool to be used "intentionally"; he said the resolution is a policy direction rather than an instructional mandate. After public comment and discussion, trustees added stakeholder language to ensure recommendations include input from teachers, administrators, health professionals and (as an amendment) special-education staff, parents, caregivers and students.
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