South Jersey School District Plans To Change New Policy That Limits Student Hours On School-Issued Laptops

By Brandon Goldner, CBS Philadelphia

February 21, 2024

DEPTFORD, N.J. (CBS) -- A South Jersey school district plans to make changes after parents criticized a new policy that limits the hours students will be able to use their school-issued laptops.

The Deptford Township School District sent out a letter last Thursday informing parents that starting March 1, the district will remotely render school-issued laptops inoperable, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for elementary school students, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for middle school students and 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for high school students.

District administrators said they're making the change after they noticed an increase in students using their school-issued Chromebooks during later evening hours, including, in some cases, well past midnight.

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