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Manhasset leaders say new cell-phone rules have not produced predicted disruptions
Summary
After the district tightened cell‑phone rules for the school day, the superintendent and the student board member reported fewer disruptions than expected; both administrators and students said phones remain in use outside class periods but the policy is functioning as intended.
Manhasset school officials and the student board representative told the Board of Education on Tuesday that a new cell‑phone policy implemented this school year has not caused the disruption some administrators feared.
Dr. Pelletieri, the superintendent, told the board he had “underestimated … the abilities that our kids have when it comes to resiliency,” and said teachers, parents and…
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