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Board weighs governor's order on student personal devices and a strict, uniform schoolwide policy
Summary
Following a governor's order on personal electronic devices, district administrators recommended an immediate, simple-to-enforce cell-phone policy. The board directed staff to draft a policy, consult legal counsel and aim to communicate changes by Sept. 1.
District administrators told the school board they had met with building leadership and recommended a clear, strictly enforced personal-electronic-device policy beginning at the start of the school year, in line with the governor's executive order. Administrators favored a simple enforcement model to avoid inconsistent, teacher-by-teacher application and to reduce the "whack-a-mole" effect administrators said would follow from partial enforcement.
Superintendent Sharan said the administration had consulted building staff and a nearby district (Culver) that has implemented a similar policy; Sharan told the board, "They'd like to…
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