The Los Angeles County Unified School District is moving forward with a plan to ban cellphone use during the school day, a move that has teachers and parents at odds.
LAUSD - the second largest school district in the country - is banning student cellphone use during the school day.throughout the day on school campuses, including break periods. The policy will go into effect as early as January 2025.
Schools will be able to decide how to implement the phone ban, such as requiring that phones be placed in a locker or pouch during the day. The resolution directs staff to develop and present policies to the public before the board approves them within 120 days. Only two members voted against the motion, citing how difficult it would be for employees of the second largest school district in the country to enforce the ban and stay on top of it.
Nick Melvoin, the LAUSD school board member for District 4, spearheaded the ban. Melvoin said LAUSD's 2011 policy restricts cellphones but he says it is not fully enforced."When I talk to teachers and students and parents... I also hear the same, which is that more and more time is being spent on policing student phone use. There's not a coherent enforcement and they're looking for some support from the board and from the district," Melvoin said Tuesday.
The move is drawing mixed reactions from parents. Some want to be able to communicate with their child during schools hours and others think the ban could improve learning and lead to less bullying.
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