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King George schools to enforce new cell‑phone rules from building entry to exit
Summary
School principals told the King George County School Board they will strictly enforce a new divisionwide rule that cell phones (and earbuds) remain out of sight from the moment students enter a school building until they leave, with a limited number of exceptions and a tiered consequence structure.
King George County school principals told the school board they will enforce a new divisionwide cell‑phone policy that requires phones to be out of sight from the moment students enter school until they leave.
Board members asked for implementation details at the meeting and principals from the high school, middle school and elementary levels described similar, coordinated approaches that start the first day of school. High school Principal Doctor Burns said, “Put the phones away in order to connect with the curriculum that's being taught,” and described a short warning period followed by stepped consequences for repeated noncompliance.
The nut graf: The change is intended to protect instructional time across all King George schools. Principals said the…
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