{"id":3087,"date":"2026-01-16T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/?page_id=3087"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:46:37","slug":"digital-device-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/digital-device-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Device Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2d22dc0500e159f2b39fe7a147caf14c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mkhafla7-8f9b25acefc42c909768e21e1e8601ef '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Digital Device Policy<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mkhag9zd-94298d34de04525cb25c59a15518ae3e\">\n#top .flex_column.av-mkhag9zd-94298d34de04525cb25c59a15518ae3e{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-mkhag9zd-94298d34de04525cb25c59a15518ae3e{\nwidth:31.333333333333%;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-mkhag9zd-94298d34de04525cb25c59a15518ae3e{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-mkhag9zd-94298d34de04525cb25c59a15518ae3e av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mkhahhtp-b02f73e1906c2e2ae59c278185bf68b4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mkhahhtp-b02f73e1906c2e2ae59c278185bf68b4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mkhahhtp-b02f73e1906c2e2ae59c278185bf68b4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mkhahhtp-b02f73e1906c2e2ae59c278185bf68b4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-3088 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3088 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone.jpg\" alt='' title='GirlOnPhone'  height=\"1216\" width=\"800\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone-678x1030.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/01\/GirlOnPhone-464x705.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-3b0d446bf9e6f7db91541aa567be4cdf\">\n#top .flex_column.av-av_two_third-3b0d446bf9e6f7db91541aa567be4cdf{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-3b0d446bf9e6f7db91541aa567be4cdf{\nwidth:65.666666666667%;\nmargin-left:3%;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-av_two_third-3b0d446bf9e6f7db91541aa567be4cdf{\nmargin-top:10px;\nmargin-bottom:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-3b0d446bf9e6f7db91541aa567be4cdf av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mkhag0w1-ca3fb3f58beafbfdbdcb68ade2d02b03 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Dear Parents and Guardians,<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As Comox Valley Schools continues to embrace the use of technology to support learning, we recognize the importance of maintaining a focused and safe learning environment for our students. This consideration has been recently reinforced by provincial guidelines and legislation. With this in mind, we would like to share some updates regarding the use of personal digital devices (PDDs) such as cell phones, tablets, smartwatches, earbuds, and other electronic gadgets within our schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent Developments:<\/strong>\u00a0On January 26th, 2024, the Province announced three actions aimed at enhancing the safety and well-being of students concerning digital technology. These measures include guidelines on the use of PDDs in schools, which will be implemented in the upcoming 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why This Matters:<\/strong>\u00a0Studies indicate that constant interruptions from digital devices, particularly social media alerts, along with the habit-forming nature of these platforms and the increase in cyberbullying, can disrupt the learning process and affect student welfare.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SD 71\u2019s Perspective:<\/strong>\u00a0While our school district already has established expectations restricting PDD use during class, we will now uniformly apply these expectations across all schools, as directed by the Province. Students with specific educational or medical needs outlined in their Individual Education Plan (IEP) or Learning Support Plan (LSP) will continue to use PDDs to support their educational or medical needs.<\/p>\n<h3>New Guidelines for September 2024:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Elementary School Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At our elementary schools, there is no student access to or use of personal digital devices at any time on the school campus during the school day, unless they have been given permission by their teacher or school vice-principal\/principal. This is essentially a \u201cbell-to-bell\u201d restriction from the beginning of school to the end of the day. Parents are reminded that elementary students are always under direct supervision and that the school will communicate with home for any emergent need that arises.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3087","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 10:41:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3090,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3087\/revisions\/3090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/aspen-park-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}