"Excitement, nerves and new beginnings filled schoolyards across Brooklyn on Thursday morning as New York City public school students returned for the first day of classes. From Park Slope to Bushwick and all across Brooklyn, families reflected on milestones, fresh starts, and the rollout of the state's new "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban. At M.S. 582, The Magnet School for Multimedia Technology and Urban Planning in Bushwick, Governor Kathy Hochul greeted students at 8:45 a.m., emphasizing her push for distraction-free classrooms."
""We want to make sure you can keep learning," Hochul said. "Kids from all of the state will see this change but you are among the very first to have this. Your teachers will have a better experience teaching you and getting to know you better." For many Brooklyn families, though, the ban sparked mixed reactions. At P.S. 321 in Park Slope, parents Khalea and Austin dropped off their daughter, Leilani, as she entered her final year of elementary school."
Schoolyards across Brooklyn filled with excitement, nerves, and new beginnings as New York City public school students returned for the first day of classes. Governor Kathy Hochul visited M.S. 582 in Bushwick at 8:45 a.m. and emphasized a push for distraction-free classrooms tied to the state's new bell-to-bell cell phone ban. Families expressed mixed reactions to the ban, balancing desires for classroom focus against the need for daytime communication. At P.S. 321 in Park Slope, fifth-grader Leilani arrived excited for her final elementary-year milestone while her parents weighed the ban's benefits and drawbacks.
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