Escambia County Schools Will ‘Unplug’ On Friday

March 5, 2026

Escambia County Public Schools will observe ‘National Day of Unplugging’ across all campuses on Friday.

ECPS said in order to draw attention to the serious mental and social harm addiction to technology causes for our youth in the United States, the will take a day to ‘unplug’ and focus on intentional personal interaction.  Schools are encouraged to promote activities which bring students together, without technology.

“It’s a small step, but an important one,” said ECPS Superintendent of Schools Keith Leonard.  “Actually, this idea came from our Student Advisory Council, who collectively saw reliance on technology as a real problem at their schools. We are proud they recognized this and wanted to do something about it.”

Comments

6 Responses to “Escambia County Schools Will ‘Unplug’ On Friday”

  1. Eric on March 5th, 2026 7:58 pm

    Great idea! I can’t wait for tomorrow’s story with all the pics & videos filmed by students and teachers of this “unplugged” day. Oh, wait…lol

  2. JTV on March 5th, 2026 2:54 pm

    When we had something that caused a distraction in school the teacher took it away.

  3. John on March 5th, 2026 9:44 am

    Take them from the teachers also!!!

  4. Dialup on March 5th, 2026 8:33 am

    Need to make it Permanent. Distracts from the real purpose of schooling.

  5. SW on March 5th, 2026 7:44 am

    Great idea; but I wonder if that’s wise to implement right now due to heightened security concerns.

  6. Joe on March 5th, 2026 6:56 am

    Teachers also!!!!





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