Board asks committee to tighten cellphone policy; high school use may be allowed only at lunch

The Grand County School Board on Wednesday reviewed a draft cellphone policy and directed staff and a district committee to return with a concise district policy and implementation plan aimed at making classrooms phone-free while clarifying hall and lunch exceptions.

The board and administrators discussed a state law that restricts student use of personal electronic devices during instructional time. The superintendent summarized the statute's intent: "The law kind of in a nutshell, they're in in the classroom. There are is no technology, you know, personal technology that includes cell phones, personal devices, watches, and things like that. The kids can, be allowed to use them in non instruction time," she said.

Committee members had proposed a red/green-zone approach…