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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a public school. Yes, you can opt out of school tech by either having your own device or submitting work on paper. Teachers will need to print a bunch of stuff, and it's likely you'd still need to look at a larger screen during class, but I doubt a school would force a child to use a device all the time, if the family didn't want it. These kind of accommodations are made often anyway for students who have concussions or migraines, and some students' IEPs require paper options. None of this is going to be super actively advertised to families as an option, but it's worth asking for if you want your kid on the screen less, which is totally understandable.[/quote]

Thanks, this is what I was going for. I’d be willing to do the legwork for the teacher such as printing things out myself (not sure if that’s feasible though). [/quote]

Don’t get your hopes up. Most schools/teachers are not going to do this for you. You are essentially asking them to lesson plan twice. Without an IEP, I think they will tell you to pound sand. [/quote]

Public school teacher -- this is not lesson planning twice!  We make these accommodations all the time and for a host of reasons. The tech fails for everyone often enough when the internet is down, so we have to be able to switch gears to more traditional methods immediately. Each day I have students who opt out of devices, who forget to bring devices, who need not to use devices because they are too distracting.  Teaching hybrid with on-screen and in-person folks simultaneously was really hard; these kinds of accommodations are not so hard.[/quote]

You feel you speak for all teachers?  Of every grade level and subject?[/quote]

Of course not!  But all public school teachers are legally mandated to follow IEPs, 504s, and other plans, and the non-screen accommodation is a typical enough one.   [/quote]

The majority of kids don’t have even a 504 much less an IEP. And even a 504 requires a medical diagnosis. What is OP’s medical reason for a non-screen accommodation? It can’t just be her personal desire or preference. [/quote]

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