MCPHERSON, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - A middle school in Kansas is making a shift in how students use technology, moving away from assigning each child a personal Chromebook to limit screen time.

What used to be loaded into every student’s backpack will now stay in the classroom at McPherson Middle School.

“Technology has a wonderful place in education, but what we have found is that we’ve just simply immersed students too much in technology,” McPherson Middle School Principal Inge Esping said. “It’s too readily available and therefore there’s a lot of distractions.”

FILE - A student types a prompt into ChatGPT on a Chromebook during a high school class on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Under the new system, students will no longer take a Chromebook with them each

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