Changes are coming for students that attend schools in the Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine next month.
Beginning in October, cellphones will be banned in class after teachers decided they were being disruptive. The new policy will be different for two different age groups. For those in kindergarten to grade eight, students are not allowed to bring their phones into the school.
For high school students, they aren't allowed to have their cellphones in the classroom; however, they are able to use them during lunch breaks and spare periods. That isn't the only change coming to the division next month, as stated by Alain Laberge, division superintentent.
"We're also not allowing students to use earbuds, including the wireless ones," said Laberge. "We found that students could have their bags three feet away and still have access to music. We believe that students don't engage in learning when they're listening to their own music."
Locally, the changes will come into effect at Ecole Jours de Plaine.
Weeks ahead of the change, Laberge is confident that this will be a positive change.
"We believe that there will be more attention directed to learning," ended Laberge. "We also believe there will be more socialization between students which is a positive. We have seen so many times that kids are three feet apart and they're texting eachother, but that won't happen moving forward."
730 CKDM has reached out for more comment from students and administrator at Ecole Jours de Plaine.
