RPS to look at restricting cell phone usage - WWBT

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Public Schools whitethorn beryllium adopting a program to assistance support students disconnected their compartment phones during schoolhouse hours.

During Monday night’s schoolhouse committee meeting, schoolhouse leaders presented information from past year. That information showed the schoolhouse part saw astir 120 infractions wherever students were connected their compartment phones erstwhile they were not expected to be.

School leaders accidental the contented erstwhile it comes to compartment phones is it’s harder for the territory to restrict what students tin see. For example, if the compartment phones are connected cellular and not the school’s wifi, this means students tin oftentimes entree sites that should beryllium blocked.

School committee subordinate Kenya Gibson says a large interest is YouTube not being blocked.

“Right present I’m logged successful arsenic a pupil and students are capable to entree videos connected YouTube with the F connection with the N-word. I’m looking astatine a graphic close present that says 2 bullets successful his thorax marque an expletive, expletive, expletive holla,” Gibson said.

According to the aforesaid data, YouTube is the apical tract utilized by students who are connected it for an mean of much than 4 hours a day.

During the meeting, a question was approved to find solutions addressing compartment telephone usage during people time. According to that motion, the superintendent volition look astatine methods that different schools are using.

Superintendent Jason Kamras volition contiguous his recommendations successful January.

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