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Phones banned during class BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
The Sequoia Union High School District’s board has banned students from using their phones during class time, with some members thinking there needs to be a stricter ban. The board voted 3-2 on Wednesday to ban phones in class, but may change
dress parents’ concerns about students’ mental health and screen addiction. The classroom ban is moving in the right direction, but is not what parents want, Thomspon said. Thompson preday during school hours across the viously said at the June 10 meeting district. Trustees Mary Beth Thomp- that many parent groups are pushing son and Sathvik Nori voted against the for a bell-to-bell bann because it will [See PHONES, page 34] classroom ban because it doesn’t ad-
But two school board members say ban doesn’t go far enough it to a bell-to-bell ban in December after gathering more community feedback. A bell-to-bell ban means students would not be allowed to use their phones all
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BLOCKADE LIFTED: The U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran, and oil tankers began freely moving through the Strait of Hormuz after months of being unable to use the critical channel. RUSSIAN REFINERY HIT: Ukraine yesterday hit a major Moscow oil refinery for the second time in a week, disrupting hundreds of flights at the capital’s airports. Ukraine aims to cut Moscow’s war revenue by targeting oil facilities. ART PATRONS DEAD: The bodies of Judith and Wylie Sheldon, longtime members of the San Francisco art community who lived in the city’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, were were found in a running vehicle [See THE UPDATE, page 35] 1901 QUAIL MEADOW RD
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The Ravenswood City School Board was meeting last night to decide what it will name Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School after revelations that Chavez raped and sexually assaulted women while he was a labor leader. TURN TO PAGE 4 FOR DETAILS. Photo is from the school’s Instagram page.
The Mountain View Police Department will get training on free speech and religious freedom after an officer told a Hindu man that he couldn’t distribute spiritual books downtown, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Post. The city agreed to pay $7,500 to Verne Meis, also known as Vijaya Das, who has passed out thousands of books for the International Society for Krishna MEIS Consciousness, or ISKCON. Meis set up a folding char and table on a sidewalk [See BOOKS, page 34]
Schools to crack down on e-bikes BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The Palo Alto Unified School District is cracking down on e-bikes after police recorded six crashes in March, including one student who was hospitalized. Students are running stop signs, ignoring officers, riding recklessly through crowds and speeding too
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