Overwhelming research has demonstrated the positive impacts of limiting or forbidding the use of cell phones by students in classrooms and other school spaces. During the 2024-25 school year, Baltimore City Public Schools is exploring different strategies to limit the distractions to learning caused by the devices with the needs of our community.
City Schools believes there is an urgent need to curb the negative impacts of social media and cell phone use on student learning, mental health, safety, and well-being. This urgency meets the threshold of constituting “school-climate-related disturbance.” We want to remind school communities that school leaders are empowered to develop systems that apply Board Policy fairly to all students.
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