{"id":268202,"date":"2026-08-19T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268202\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:50:13","slug":"lower-merion-school-tech-policy-approved-after-months-of-community-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268202\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Merion School Tech Policy Approved After Months Of Community Uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Having been on the Policy committee for the last 5-and-a-half years, this is the most extensive work that we&#8217;ve done in coordination with the community, and I&#8217;m grateful for that, Sautner said.<\/p>\n<p>The policy passed with a 7-2 Board vote, with Board Members Sarah Thomas and Abby Rubin opposing.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin read a statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/pencilsoverpixels.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pencils Over Pixels<\/a>, a local group of parents who have petitioned for the District to give them the choice to opt their children out of using individually assigned computers and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>She also questioned the decision to make the meeting virtual, which she said came from Board leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not seen these threats, nor was my input sought about shifting to a virtual meeting,&#8221; Rubin said. &#8220;Safety is our No. 1 priority, but determining what threatens that safety is a decision that should be arrived at after thoughtful deliberation from the full Board.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Having been on the Policy committee for the last 5-and-a-half years, this is the most extensive work that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-268202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}