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Board considers K‑8 phone ban, high‑school limits and adding student ex‑officio members
Summary
A board member proposed a K‑8 ban on cell phones with limited high‑school use, a discipline rubric and student ex‑officio board seats; staff were asked to prepare policy language and a board subcommittee was suggested to develop a draft.
A McCombs School District board member recommended the board consider prohibiting use of cell phones for kindergarten through eighth grade and establishing limited, earned phone privileges for high school students.
The board member, who described the approach as drawn from a national workshop called “Hold the Line,” said the policy framework should include instructional protections, a discipline rubric for misuse and student involvement in the policy development. “There must be a rubric for discipline in breaking of policy…
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