{"id":159880,"date":"2024-09-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=159880"},"modified":"2024-09-02T07:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:27:10","slug":"its-cell-phones-off-and-out-of-sight-this-coming-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/its-cell-phones-off-and-out-of-sight-this-coming-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s cell phones off and out of sight this coming school year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Trillium Lakelands District School Board is reminding students and guardians that starting September 3, students will be turning their devices off or setting them to silent and putting them away to limit distractions and promote healthy relationships and meaningful engagement in the classroom. This will be a new approach for many but a practice some students are already accustomed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe research tells us that excessive personal mobile device use limits attention, learning, relationships, and belonging in schools,\u201d said associate superintendent of learning responsible for Mental Health Services and Safe Schools, Tanya Fraser. \u201cRestrictions on personal mobile devices will help students to fully participate and embrace the opportunities in their classroom. We believe that upholding \u2018off and away\u2019 is necessary for a healthy and engaged school year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201coff and away\u201d rule applies to the entire school community and includes cell phones, tablets, and smartwatches. There are exceptions, which include when devices are required for health and medical purposes as documented in medical plans of care, to support special education needs in individual education plans, or if directed by an educator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the Ministry of Education released a revised edition of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/document\/education-ontario-policy-and-program-direction\/policyprogram-memorandum-128\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Policy\/Program Memorandum 128: The Provincial Code of Conduct and School Board Codes of Conduct<\/span><\/a>, with an implementation date of September 2024. The Board has aligned the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tldsb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Code-of-Conduct-Procedure-OP-6021-AODA2024.pdf\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TLDSB Code of Conduct<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and shared the updates, along with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tldsb.ca\/parent-resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2024-2025 TLDSB Handbook for Parents\/Guardians and Students<\/span><\/a>, to ensure all students and their families were aware of the changes before the first day of school (September 3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TLDSB believes strongly that the updates to the Code of Conduct will have a positive impact on student learning and mental health. When devices are off and away, the school day will consist of more meaningful interactions with peers and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information, see the&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oAnpPYMEEGE\">information video<\/a>&nbsp;below<\/span>, or view the frequently asked questions section within the Personal Mobile Devices tab in the&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tldsb.ca\/parent-resources\/\">2024-2025 TLDSB Handbook for Parents\/Guardians and Students<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trillium Lakelands District School Board is reminding students and guardians that starting September 3, students will be turning their devices off or setting them to silent and putting them away [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":159882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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