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Dryden schools getting ready for smartphone ban

4 weeks ago in Community, Education, Local

The Dryden Central School District (file) Photo: Saga Communications/Mathew Adams

DRYDEN, NY (607NewsNow) — Schools in Dryden are ready for a school day ban on having access to smartphones, smart watches, and other electronic devices.

Superintendent Josh Bacigalupi tells 607 News Now complying with Gov. Hochul’s ‘Bell to Bell’ ban builds on rules they implemented a couple years ago.

Dryden High School will follow the same rule.

FULL INTERVIEW: Dryden Central School District Superintendent Josh Bacigalupi on Ithaca’s Morning News

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