(TNS) — North Carolina school districts are now supposed to prevent students from accessing social media on their school-issued computers in an effort to keep kids away from those addictive apps.
A new state law gave school districts until Jan. 1 to approve policies restricting students from having cellphones on in class and from accessing social media on school devices and networks. On Tuesday, the Wake County school board revised its technology responsible use policy to adopt the new social media restrictions on students.
“We are under the clock to get this approved by Jan. 1,” said school board member Lynn Edmonds, who chairs the policy committee…