Nebo School District discusses clarifying device policy for junior highs, study-hall phone use

Nebo School District officials and staff discussed proposed edits to the district's student electronic device policy in a meeting focused on making language consistent across grade levels and on whether students may use phones during study halls.

District staff identified differences between the middle-school and junior-high sections of the draft policy'middle school sections referenced 531, 532 and 533 while junior high referenced 541 and 542'and recommended adding the same clarifying language about students contacting parents through the front office to the junior-high section (listed as 5543 in the draft). Staff said the clarification already appears in the elementary and high-school sections and should be uniform across the district.

The clarification is intended to reassure parents that younger students have a way to contact…