Manhasset district to enforce student cell-phone ban, will route parent contact through district Chromebooks

The Manhasset Board of Education heard details about a new student cell-phone ban and how parents will contact students during the school day, interim Superintendent Dr. Christopher J. Pelletieri said at a board meeting. The district plans to require phones and other internet-connected devices to remain in student lockers during school hours and to permit communication through district-issued Chromebooks using preapproved email addresses.

The new rule, Pelletieri said, will require students to place phones and other internet-connected devices in lockers, though students may retrieve devices for lunch and then return them to lockers. "The plan is that they'll go to the locker, get their phone, and take it with them, and then put it…