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Pewaukee board adopts restricted phone policy for high school, codifies handbook rules
Summary
The Pewaukee School Board voted 4–2 on Oct. 13 to adopt a restricted personal communication device policy (5300.15) that keeps phones away during instructional time but allows use during lunch; board members cited teacher survey results and early enforcement data when making the decision.
The Pewaukee School Board on Monday approved a restricted version of Policy 5300.15 governing personal communication devices at the high school, voting 4–2 to codify rules already enforced in the student handbook.
Under the policy the board adopted, personal communication devices are prohibited on school grounds during school hours for students in grades 4K through eighth grade. For high school students (grades 9–12), devices are prohibited during instructional time; the adopted text preserves a defined allowance for use during lunchtime and the start/end-of-day (but not during class). Board members discussed whether to further limit use during passing periods; the motion approved left the language as presented, which excludes passing time from the policy’s non-instructional allowance.
Administrators and teachers provided enforcement and survey data to the board. The high school reported about 895 students…
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