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NJ school district wants to limit students' Chromebook usage to protect their wellbeing


How late is too late for students to be online? A South Jersey school district has an answer, and they have plans to stop screen time from cutting into bedtime.

Superintendent Kevin Kanauss sent a letter to families last week announcing the plan after the district’s tech team tracked an increase in student Chromebook use late into the evening. “As part of our responsibility for student wellbeing, we want to ensure we are not enabling unhealthy behaviors by allowing access to school-owned devices during hours where children and teens should be resting and recovering,” Kanauss wrote. The district administration met to evaluate the feedback, said Kanauss, and have preliminary steps in place to continue gathering information and make adjustments to the plan before it takes effect on March 1.

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