The province's plan to crack down on cell phone use in the classroom has teachers across Waterloo region concerned about how the decision could alter classroom dynamics.
"Teachers are worried about how this is going to be experienced on the front lines and how this all going to work," said Dave VandenBerg, president of Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation District 24. The WRDSB is now in the process of trying to figure out how this ban will be implemented by teachers, noting that some schools have already started to review their cell phone policy over the past year.
School board staff are currently putting together plans and will share them with students and parents when more information is available.
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