Cellphones causing 'major disruptions' in the classroom, Brockville school warns parents
Concerned about "engagement and learning skills" in her school's Grade 9 math class, a principal in Brockville, Ont., emailed a letter to parents promising a crackdown on cellphones in the classroom.
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![A Grade 9 math class teacher at Thousand Islands Secondary School asked her students to turn on their cell phone notifications for one hour. This is a tally of everything they received. A chart showing tally marks with the headers: text messages, Snapchat, TikTok, etc.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7178692.1713538559!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/cellphone-experiment.jpg)
Concerned about "engagement and learning skills" in her school's Grade 9 math class, a principal in Brockville, Ont., emailed a letter to parents promising a crackdown on cellphones in the classroom.