One LAUSD board member asked, ‘But what happens when a child is using their phone and refuses to give it up?’
LAUSD board member Nick Melvoin at the board meeting Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The Los Angeles Unified School District board passed a plan on Tuesday, June 18 to develop rules to ban cell phones on all LAUSD campuses for the entire school day, due to concerns over the distractions that the devices can pose and the mental health impacts of phone and social media overuse.
Melvoin’s resolution envisions implementing the ban on cell phones by January 2025. It would ban phone use not only during class time, but also during breaks and lunch. LAUSD is the largest school district in the country to set in motion this kind of cell phone restriction policy. “I believe that everyone here is well-intentioned,” McKenna said. “But what happens when a child is using their phone and refuses to give it up?”Melvoin said the way LAUSD’s ban will be enforced, if it is adopted, will vary based on each school’s needs, age groups and input, but some options include putting devices in sealable magnetic pouches or cell phone lockers.
The LAUSD resolution cites a 2016 survey by Common Sense Media that found that half of teens feel “addicted” to their phones, and a 2023 Common Sense Media study of 200 students that found 97% of 11- to-17-year-olds used their phones during the school day.
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