Emily Jansen, the student representative to the Milford School Committee, updated the panel on fall activities and schoolwide policy changes during the committee meeting.

Jansen said student council is planning a pep rally and homecoming activities in October, that seniors are reviving a haunted‑house fundraiser, and that the music department will host a trunk‑or‑treat on Oct. 29 in the Stacy bus loop followed by the orchestra’s “Spooktacular” concert at Memorial Hall. She noted the homecoming football game is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30.

The report moved into policy changes. “The biggest change we made this year was the new cell phone policy,” Jansen said. “Students have to put their cell phone holder upon entering your classroom, so they don’t have it during class.” She shared feedback she collected from teachers and students: one teacher reported more class participation, another said students were interacting more with each other and with teachers, and several students told Jansen they felt their classes were more engaging and that they were using phones less during lunch.

Jansen also flagged recent technology problems. “We’ve had some issues with what’s blocked and also some Wi‑Fi problems the past few days,” she said, adding that students had reported educational YouTube videos and innocuous image results being blocked on school Chromebooks. Committee member Brandon asked whether the blocks affected instructional videos; Jansen said educational YouTube content and some Google images were reportedly blocked but that staff appeared to be addressing the problem.

The committee thanked Jansen for the update and acknowledged the reported benefits of the phone policy alongside the need to resolve the filtering and connectivity issues.

The student representative said she had nothing further to report and the committee moved on to other agenda items.