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School committee leans toward shorter, administrator‑led cellphone policy; students to be included in drafting
Summary
After hours of debate, the committee favored directing the superintendent and school administrators to develop a brief framework limiting student phone use during school hours and to involve students, families and staff in designing school‑level rules, while keeping separate approaches for elementary/middle and high school.
Northampton — The School Committee spent a lengthy portion of its June 10 meeting debating two draft cellphone policies and the process for creating a final rule limiting in‑school personal device use.
Committee members presented two options: a shorter framework that directs the superintendent to develop school‑level guidance (policy B), and a more prescriptive, longer draft that specified detailed prohibitions, exceptions and consequences. Several members said they preferred the shorter approach because it allows administrators, teachers and students to design workable practices for…
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