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Boston Public Schools Proposes Sweeping Ban On Student Cellphones, Personal Laptops
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
6
First seen
Oct 14, 5:00 PM EDT
updated Oct 15, 1:06 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by The Boston Globe, WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC) and 4 others, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Boston Public Schools is considering a bell-to-bell ban on personal devices, including cellphones, smartwatches, and laptops, WBTS-CD and WFXT reported. Youth leaders support the proposed policy, GBH News reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (6), version 5, Oct 15, 5:04 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Boston Public Schools considers bell-to-bell ban on students' personal devices · WBTS-CD
- Youth leaders back proposed cellphone ban in Boston public schools · GBH News
- Boston Public Schools considers ban on cell phones, smartwatches, and other devices · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)
- Boston Public Schools proposes ban of electronic devices for students · WHDH
- Boston Public Schools considers all-day cellphone ban · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)
- Boston Public Schools proposes sweeping ban on student cellphones, personal laptops · The Boston Globe
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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