A new Minnesota state law requires school districts or charter schools to adopt a policy on the use of cellphones in school by March of next year. But one nonprofit has gotten a jump start, working with students to help them find a balance between devices in and out of school.
A group of students at Two Rivers High School in Mendota Heights meets two or three times a month. They laugh and talk freely, and there isn’t a single smartphone in sight. That’s the point. They’re part of a digital wellbeing club.