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Board hears extensive discussion of cell phone rules after site council survey; no policy change yet
Summary
Board members heard a multi-stakeholder review of cell phone use in schools from site council representatives and district staff, who summarized staff, parent and student survey results and described local policy variations; the board did not adopt a new districtwide rule and directed further work by site council.
Board members on Wednesday heard an extended discussion about whether and how to restrict student use of cell phones, smartwatches and headphones during the school day after a site council subcommittee presented staff, student and parent feedback.
Ed Raines, speaking for the site council subcommittee, said the group surveyed certified staff (about 155 total) and received a little over 80 responses — roughly a 54% response rate — and that the responses indicated staff generally see cell phones as a distraction during instructional time. Raines said roughly 30 staff respondents supported a bell-to-bell ban (no phones from the start to end of the school day) while most respondents preferred restrictions limited to…
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