Montclair Schools Tighten Phone Rules and Scale Back Classroom Screen Time
Montclair Public Schools has made its bell-to-bell cell phone policy official for the 2026-2027 school year. Here’s what Superintendent Ruth Turner’s letter and the district’s new Technology Usage Plan actually require, what happens if a phone gets confiscated, and how Chromebook use in classrooms is changing too.
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