EUGENE, Ore. — As students return to school, we’re getting a better look at how districts are handling Governor Tina Kotek’s new ban regarding cellphones on campus.
The governor’s executive order states that schools must implement the new rules by the first of January, but Bethel School District says the change starts on the first day of school.
Bethel School District’s Director of Teaching and Learning, Dan Hedberg, spoke with us about the new changes saying, “here in Bethel Schools, this is something that has been near and dear to us for quite some time. For a good decade, we’ve been navigating cell phones and smart watches and air pods in classrooms. And we’ve tried to great many strategies over time of how to curve the technology in no-cell bell-to-bell in an effort to try to maximize student focus, student engagement, student retention, student learning, and student social-emotional health.”…