Classrooms work best when students disconnect from social media and personal devices and connect with their classmates, their teachers, and learning.
To help make that possible, ±«Óãtv schools will enforce policies requiring preschool through eighth-grade students to store cell phones, headphones, and all other electronic accessories out of sight and on silent at school unless they have permission from an administrator/designee or it's written into their IEP, 504, or HCAP (Policy JICJ). This will help students focus on curriculum and ensure classrooms offer a phone-free and social media-free learning environment.
While cell phones, headphones, and other electronic accessories can be amazing resources, they can also be a major distraction. Social media apps found on electronic devices can harm students¡¯ mental health, exposing them to cyberbullying, hate-based content, false information, and content that may cause them to feel bad about their bodies or socioeconomic status ¨C all available in an easy-to-access format that can feel hard to escape.