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LAUSD Bans YouTube, Gaming in Elementary Classrooms After Health Study

4/24/2026

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LAUSD Board Bans YouTube

Activist parents and pediatric experts presented research linking screen time to anxiety, depression, vision problems and achievement loss, prompting the board.
The Los Angeles Unified School District board voted unanimously to ban YouTube and gaming platforms for elementary classrooms.
The resolution also mandates a cost-benefit review of classroom technology contracts, separating district and school purchases.
Board member Nick Melvoin proposed laptop carts or labs for grades two-five to monitor device use.

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Virginia League Requires

Starting July 1 2026, Virginia High School League will require ninth-grade athletes to have attended their designated feeder middle school.
The Ferguson-Florissant School Board approved a consolidation plan that will close Central Primary as contract talks with teachers’ union intensify.
Out-of-zone school entrants must have completed the feeder middle school year to qualify for sports.
Private-middle-schoolers must transfer to the public feeder, with current eighth-graders exempt until 2026-2027.

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Fields Closes Central

Superintendent Dr. Howard Fields announced a restructuring plan that will close Central Primary and open Cool Valley Elementary in 2027-2028.
The Ferguson-Florissant School Board approved a grade-consolidation plan to close Central Primary amid intensified union contract talks.
More than 700 teachers and staff signed a petition demanding retention of collective bargaining agreement.
The board scheduled a closed-session meeting to hear the FFNEA and officials on bargaining dispute.

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LAUSD Board Bans YouTube

Activist parents and pediatric experts presented research linking screen time to anxiety, depression, vision problems and achievement loss, prompting the board.
The Los Angeles Unified School District board voted unanimously to ban YouTube and gaming platforms for elementary classrooms.
The resolution also mandates a cost-benefit review of classroom technology contracts, separating district and school purchases.
Board member Nick Melvoin proposed laptop carts or labs for grades two-five to monitor device use.

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