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Parent tells board phone confiscation policy may conflict with state law after delayed phone contact
5722654 · September 5, 2025
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Summary
A parent told the board he could not reach his child after the school reported the child absent and that Assemblyman and senator staff indicated district policy disclaiming responsibility for confiscated phones may not be lawful.
Vincent Malfitano, a parent, told the Board of Education that on a recent half day he dropped his son at Isaac and later received a text indicating the student was marked absent. Malfitano said he called the school many times and reached a human being only about an hour and a half after leaving voicemail messages. "If I can't reach my son, I didn't…
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